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煲無米粥 (bou1 mou4 mai5 zuk1) — to waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing in Cantonese

bouˉ¹煲mouˎ₄無maiˏ₅米zukˉ¹粥
简 煲无米粥
Mandarin Pinyin: bao1 wu2 mi3 zhou1

Meaning of 煲無米粥

nounto waste time planning sth; discuss something that will amount to nothing
nounplans never realised or confirmed (slang)

Characters in 煲無米粥

煲bou1
cook; stew; boil
無mou4
no matter what (or how); not yet
米mai5
shelled/husked seed
粥zuk1
rice gruel; congee; porridge

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