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揸正來做 (zaa1 zeng3 lai4 zou6) — doing something the exact way as it should be (impartially / fairly), i.e. 'by the book' in Cantonese

zaaˉ¹揸zeng˗₃正laiˎ₄來zouˍ₆做
简 揸正来做
Mandarin Pinyin: zha1 zheng4 lai2 zuo4

Meaning of 揸正來做

noundoing something the exact way as it should be (impartially / fairly), i.e. 'by the book'

Characters in 揸正來做

揸zaa1
(Cantonese) to hold
正zing3
rectify; correct; set right
來loi4
used after a verb to indicate the result
做zou6
enter (a profession)

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