以形補形 (ji5 jing4 bou2 jing4) — Like nourishes like, that is, "if one e… in Cantonese

jiˏ₅以jingˎ₄形bouˊ²補jingˎ₄形

简以形补形

Mandarin Pinyin: yi3 xing2 bu3 xing2

Meaning of 以形補形

nounLike nourishes like, that is, "if one eats an organ of a animal, then it will be good for the corresponding organ in one's body."

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keoiˏ₅佢waaˍ₆話sikˍ₆食zyuˉ¹豬nouˏ₅腦jiˏ₅以jingˎ₄形bouˊ²補jing4.形。

He said eating pig's brain is to nourish the brain.

sikˍ₆食jiuˉ¹腰ziˊ²子haiˍ₆係jiˏ₅以jingˎ₄形bouˊ²補jing4.形。

Eating kidney is to nourish the kidney.

louˏ₅老janˎ₄人gaaˉ¹家seon˗₃信jiˏ₅以jingˎ₄形bouˊ²補jing4.形。

Elderly people believe in 'like nourishes like'.

jamˊ²飲gaiˉ¹雞zingˉ¹精jiˏ₅以jingˎ₄形bouˊ²補jing4.形。

Drinking chicken essence is to nourish the body.

ngoˏ₅我douˉ¹都seon˗₃信jiˏ₅以jingˎ₄形bouˊ²補jing4.形。

I also believe in 'like nourishes like'.

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