五行缺水 (ng5 hang4 kyut3 seoi2) — no money (water once again being the metaphor for money as it is one of the five elements of nature) in Cantonese
ngˏ₅五hangˎ₄行kyut˗₃缺seoiˊ²水Mandarin Pinyin: wu3 xing2 que1 shui3
Meaning of 五行缺水
nounno money (water once again being the metaphor for money as it is one of the five elements of nature)
nouna humorous way of saying that somebody lacks money; literally 'lacking the element of water'