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偷雞唔到蝕揸米 (tau1 gai1 m4 dou2 sit6 zaa1 mai5) — to go out for wool and come home shorn; to expend effort trying to gain a profit and end up with nothing but losses in Cantonese

tauˉ¹偷gaiˉ¹雞mˎ₄唔douˊ²到sitˍ₆蝕zaaˉ¹揸maiˏ₅米
简 偷鸡唔到食揸米
Mandarin Pinyin: tou1 ji1 n2 dao4 shi2 zha1 mi3

Meaning of 偷雞唔到蝕揸米

nounto go out for wool and come home shorn; to expend effort trying to gain a profit and end up with nothing but losses

Example Sentences with 偷雞唔到蝕揸米

siuˊ²小samˉ¹心tauˉ¹偷gaiˉ¹雞mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到satˍ₆蝕baaˊ²揸maiˏ₅米
Be careful not to try something sneaky and fail.
gamˊ²咁zauˍ₆就tauˉ¹偷gaiˉ¹雞mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到satˍ₆蝕baaˊ²揸maiˏ₅米
If you do that, you'll end up losing out.
zauˍ₆就haiˍ₆係tauˉ¹偷gaiˉ¹雞mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到satˍ₆蝕baaˊ²揸maiˏ₅米
That's exactly trying to cheat and losing out.
zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係tauˉ¹偷gaiˉ¹雞mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到satˍ₆蝕baaˊ²揸maiˏ₅米
It's a classic case of trying to get ahead and failing.
soengˍ₆上ci˗₃次tauˉ¹偷gaiˉ¹雞mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到satˍ₆蝕baaˊ²揸maiˏ₅米
Last time, he tried to cheat but lost money.
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Characters in 偷雞唔到蝕揸米

偷tau1
while away without purpose
雞gai1
a prostitute or a woman in a sexual capacity
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
到dou3
arrive; reach; get to
蝕sik6
(of moths, etc) eat into; nibble away
揸zaa1
(Cantonese) to hold
米mai5
shelled/husked seed

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