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大菌食細菌 (daai6 kwan2 sik6 sai3 kwan2) — don’t worry too much about hygiene when you are eating (lit. big bacteria eating small bacteria) in Cantonese

daaiˍ₆大kwanˊ²菌sikˍ₆食sai˗₃細kwanˊ²菌
简 大菌食细菌
Mandarin Pinyin: da4 jun1 shi2 xi4 jun1

Meaning of 大菌食細菌

noundon’t worry too much about hygiene when you are eating (lit. big bacteria eating small bacteria)
nounignore the presence of any germs or bacteria (spoken)

Example Sentences with 大菌食細菌

niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度daaiˍ₆大kwanˏ₅菌sikˍ₆食sai˗₃細kwan5.菌。
It's survival of the fittest here.
daaiˍ₆大kwanˏ₅菌sikˍ₆食sai˗₃細kwan5,菌，binˉ¹邊go˗₃個mˎ₄唔sik6?食？
Big bacteria eat small bacteria, who doesn't eat?
sai˗₃世gaai˗₃界zauˍ₆就haiˍ₆係daaiˍ₆大kwanˏ₅菌sikˍ₆食sai˗₃細kwan5.菌。
The world is just eat or be eaten.
keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋haiˍ₆係daaiˍ₆大kwanˏ₅菌sikˍ₆食sai˗₃細kwan5.菌。
They are the dominant ones.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度daaiˍ₆大kwanˏ₅菌sikˍ₆食sai˗₃細kwanˏ₅菌gaa3.架。
It's a dog-eat-dog world here.
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Characters in 大菌食細菌

大daai6
a Chinese family name
菌kwan2
bacteria; germ
食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking
細sai3
fine

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