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坐這山望那山一事無成
  zo6 ze5 saan1 mong6 naa5 saan1 jat1 si6 mou4 sing4   jyutping
sitting on this hill, looking over to another hill won't accomplish anything.


Level: 3
This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
坐這山望那山一事無成

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Characters in this word:

 co5 zo6  -  sit; seat; travel by
 ze3 ze5  -  this; now; then
 saan1  -  mountain; hill; peak
 mong6  -  look towards; gaze at; hope; call on
 naa5  -  that; then
 saan1  -  mountain; hill; peak
 jat1  -  one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little
 si6  -  matter; affair; job; work; accident
 mou4  -  not; negative; don't have
 sing4 seng4  -  succeed; achieve; grow; one tenth; whole
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