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打鑼都搵唔倒 (daa2 lo2 dou1 wan2 m4 dou2) — to be unable to find someone even after expending a large amount of effort and resources [colloquial] in Cantonese

daaˊ²打loˊ²鑼douˉ¹都wanˊ²搵mˎ₄唔douˊ²倒
简 打锣都揾唔倒
Mandarin Pinyin: da3 luo2 dou1 wen3 wu2 dao4

Meaning of 打鑼都搵唔倒

nounto be unable to find someone even after expending a large amount of effort and resources [colloquial]

Characters in 打鑼都搵唔倒

打daa2
dozen
鑼lo4
gong
都dou1
also; too
搵wan2 wan3
wan2 - Cantonese only
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
倒dou2
be spoiled; malfunction

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