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辛苦搵嚟自在食

san1 fu2 wan2 lei4 zi6 zoi6 sik6

to work very hard for food

Level: 3

辛苦搵嚟自在食

辛 san1 xin1 - hard; sad; pungent
苦 fu2 ku3 gu3 hu4 ku4 - bitter
搵 wan3 wan2 man5 yun3 yun1 wen4 - [粵] to look for; to search
嚟 lei4 lai4 li2 - to come; to order food or drink
自 zi6 zi4 - self; private; personal
在 zoi6 zai4 zai3 - at; in; on
食 sik6 zi6 ji6 shi2 yi4 {si4} - eat

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

This word was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 29th Oct 2007

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