辛苦搵嚟自在食 (san1 fu2 wan2 lei4 zi6 zoi6 sik6 | ) : to work very hard for food

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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
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

辛苦搵嚟自在食

This word has been viewed 2632 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 29th Oct 2007 02:10 and last edited on 29th Dec 2008 06:03

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辛 san1 - hard; sad; pungent
苦 fu2 - bitter; painful; hard; suffer from
搵 wan2 wan3 - search; find; use
嚟 lai4 lei4 - come
自 zi6 - self; private; personal
在 zoi6 - at; in; on
食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food

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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
I agree with the saying that one should work hard and play hard. Why treat yourself so badly?

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