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順手牽羊 (seon6 sau2 hin1 joeng4) — to steal sth at a convenient time and place without having to go out of one's way to do so (lit., "lead a sheep away when convenient") in Cantonese

seonˍ₆順sauˊ²手hinˉ¹牽joengˎ₄羊
简 顺手牵羊
Mandarin Pinyin: shun4 shou3 qian1 yang2

Meaning of 順手牽羊

nounto steal sth at a convenient time and place without having to go out of one's way to do so (lit., "lead a sheep away when convenient")

Characters in 順手牽羊

順seon6
arrange; put in order
手sau2
handy, portable; handwritten
牽hin1
implicate; involve; entangle
羊joeng4
sheep; goat; lamb

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