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一啖砂糖一啖屎 (jat1 daam6 saa1 tong4 jat1 daam6 si2) — lit. one mouthful of sugar, follow by a mouthful of shit; meaning good things follow by the bad, switching alternately in Cantonese

jatˉ¹一daamˍ₆啖saaˉ¹砂tongˎ₄糖jatˉ¹一daamˍ₆啖siˊ²屎
Mandarin Pinyin: yi1 dan4 sha1 tang2 yi1 dan4 shi3

Meaning of 一啖砂糖一啖屎

nounlit. one mouthful of sugar, follow by a mouthful of shit; meaning good things follow by the bad, switching alternately

Characters in 一啖砂糖一啖屎

一jat1
one; a; an; the
啖daam6
feed
砂saa1
sand; grit; gravel
糖tong4
sugar
屎si2
(of quality, ability, etc) no good, poor

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