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開埋井俾人食水 (hoi1 maai4 zeng2 bei2 jan4 sik6 seoi2) — to work so hard for something (especially something that one has initiated from scratch) only for someone else to take the credit in Cantonese

hoiˉ¹開maaiˎ₄埋zengˊ²井beiˊ²俾janˎ₄人sikˍ₆食seoiˊ²水
简 开埋井俾人食水
Mandarin Pinyin: kai1 mai2 jing3 bi3 ren2 shi2 shui3

Meaning of 開埋井俾人食水

nounto work so hard for something (especially something that one has initiated from scratch) only for someone else to take the credit

Characters in 開埋井俾人食水

開hoi1
depart; leave; start
埋maai4
move closer/nearer to; close in/up
井zeng2
well; well-shaped thing
俾bei2
so/such that; so as to; in order that
人jan4
manpower; staff; human resources
食sik6
sth edible; sth used for cooking
水seoi2
extra charge/income

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