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辛苦搵嚟自在食 (san1 fu2 wan2 lei4 zi6 zoi6 sik6) — to work very hard for food in Cantonese

sanˉ¹辛fuˊ²苦wanˊ²搵leiˎ₄嚟ziˍ₆自zoiˍ₆在sikˍ₆食
简 辛苦揾嚟自在食
Mandarin Pinyin: xin1 ku3 wen4 li2 zi4 zai5 shi2

Meaning of 辛苦搵嚟自在食

nounto work very hard for food
nounworking hard for survival (slang)

Example Sentences with 辛苦搵嚟自在食

我係非常贊同辛苦搵嚟自在食嘅講法,何必委屈自己
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?
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Characters in 辛苦搵嚟自在食

辛san1
pungent; hot (in flavour); acrid
苦fu2
suffer from; cause sb to suffer
搵wan2 wan3
wan2 - Cantonese only
嚟lai4
come; arrive
自zi6
natural; naturally; a Chinese family name
在zoi6
be alive; living; be present; exist
食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking

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