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食鹽多過你食米，行橋多過你行路 (sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5, hang4 kiu4 do1 gwo3 nei5 hang4 lou6) — to be more experienced that you [colloquial] in Cantonese

sikˍ₆食jimˎ₄鹽doˉ¹多gwo˗₃過neiˏ₅你sikˍ₆食mai5,米，hangˎ₄行kiuˎ₄橋doˉ¹多gwo˗₃過neiˏ₅你hangˎ₄行louˍ₆路
简 食盐多过你食米，行桥多过你行路
Mandarin Pinyin: shi2 yan2 duo1 guo4 ni3 shi2 mi3, xing2 qiao2 duo1 guo4 ni3 xing2lu4

Meaning of 食鹽多過你食米，行橋多過你行路

nounto be more experienced that you [colloquial]

Characters in 食鹽多過你食米，行橋多過你行路

食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking
鹽jim4
salt
多do1
much better; much more; far more
過gwo3
pass; cross; walk
你nei5
you
米mai5
shelled/husked seed
行hang4 haang4
line; row
路lou6
sequence; line; logic

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