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條命唔正 (tiu4 meng6 m4 zeng3) — to be born in a poor family with bad prospects; to come from a poor background [colloquial] in Cantonese

tiuˎ₄條mengˍ₆命mˎ₄唔zeng˗₃正
简 条命唔正
Mandarin Pinyin: tiao2 ming4 wu2 zheng4

Meaning of 條命唔正

nounto be born in a poor family with bad prospects; to come from a poor background [colloquial]

Characters in 條命唔正

條tiu4
item; article; clause
命ming6
assign (a name, title, etc)
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
正zing3
rectify; correct; set right

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