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三個和尚冇水食
  saam1 go3 wo4 soeng6*2 mou5 seoi2 sik6   jyutping
"to pass the buck"

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
三個和尚冇水食

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Characters in this word:

 saam1 saam3  -  three; several
 go3  -  unit; individual
 wo4 wo6 wu2  -  gentle; harmony; peace; draw; and; sum
 soeng6  -  still, yet; esteem
 mou5  -  don't have
 seoi2  -  water; liquid; dough (money)
 sik6 zi6  -  eat; food
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