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打自己工,自己話事
  daa2 zi6 gei2 gung1 , zi6 gei2 waa6 si6   jyutping
one is the boss, one can be in charge []: 老板可以說話

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
打自己工,自己話事 / 打自己工,自己话事

This word has been viewed 1772 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 14th Sep 2007 19:15 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 daa2 daa1  -  hit; strike | dozen
 zi6  -  self; private; personal
 gei2  -  oneself; one's own
 gung1  -  labour; work
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 zi6  -  self; private; personal
 gei2  -  oneself; one's own
 waa6 waa2  -  word; talk; speak; language
 si6  -  matter; affair; job; work; accident
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