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餓狗搶屎 (ngo6 gau2 coeng2 si2) — to scramble madly for something, even that not worth taking (lit., "a hungry dog snatches up shit") in Cantonese

ngoˍ₆餓gauˊ²狗coengˊ²搶siˊ²屎
简 饿狗抢屎
Mandarin Pinyin: e4 gou3 qiang3 shi3

Meaning of 餓狗搶屎

nounto scramble madly for something, even that not worth taking (lit., "a hungry dog snatches up shit")
nounpeople scrambling for things (slang)

Characters in 餓狗搶屎

餓ngo6
hungry; starving
狗gau2
lackey; footman; servile person; follower
搶coeng2
vie for; compete for; scramble for
屎si2
(of quality, ability, etc) no good, poor

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