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sikˍ₆seoiˊ²
Pinyin
shi2 shui3
Translations
noun
drinking water; large profits
hoiˉ¹maaiˎ₄zengˊ²beiˊ²janˎ₄sikˍ₆seoiˊ²
(开埋井俾人食水)
Pinyin
kai1 mai2 jing3 bi3 ren2 shi2 shui3
Translations
noun
to work so hard for something (especially something that one has initiated from scratch) only for someone else to take the credit
sitˍ₆seoiˊ²geiˊ²samˉ¹
(食水几深)
Pinyin
shi2 shui3 ji3 shen1
Translations
noun
to charge excessivel high fees [colloquial]