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為人作嫁

wai4 jan4 zok3 gaa3

wei4 ren2 zuo4 jia4

doing work for others with no benefit to oneself

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

為人作嫁

This word was added by bybell on 21st Dec 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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為 wai4 wai6 wei2 wei4 - do, act; handle; be; for
人 jan4 jan4*2 ren2 - person
作 zok3 zuo4 zu3 - do; make; profession
嫁 gaa3 jia4 - to marry a man; marry off a daughter

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