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辛苦搵嚟志在食 (san1 fu2 wan2 lei4 zi3 zoi6 sik6) — one works hard so that one can eat better [colloquial] in Cantonese

sanˉ¹辛fuˊ²苦wanˊ²搵leiˎ₄嚟zi˗₃志zoiˍ₆在sikˍ₆食
简 辛苦揾嚟志在食
Mandarin Pinyin: xin1ku3 wen3 li4 zhi4 zai4 shi2

Meaning of 辛苦搵嚟志在食

nounone works hard so that one can eat better [colloquial]

Characters in 辛苦搵嚟志在食

辛san1
pungent; hot (in flavour); acrid
苦fu2
suffer from; cause sb to suffer
搵wan2 wan3
wan2 - Cantonese only
嚟lai4
come; arrive
志zi3
make up one's mind to pursue some object; be bent on doing something
在zoi6
be alive; living; be present; exist
食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking

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