樹大有枯枝，族大有乞兒 (syu6 daai6 jau5 fu1 zi1 zuk6 daai6 jau5 hat1 ji1) — 'there is a black sheep in every family' in Cantonese

plant; cultivate

a Chinese family name

there is; exist; be present

emaciated; skinny

(of tree) branch; twig

race; ethnic group; nationality

give

final particle / suffix, placed after many commonly used nouns to avoid employing one-syllable terms in speech (very common in the Beijing dialect 北京話, see: 兒化, 兒化韻)