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寅吃卯糧

jan4 hek3 maau5 loeng4

yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2

to eat next year's food; to anticipate one's income (lit., "the third terrestrial branch eats the fourth's food")

This word can not be used in Spoken Cantonese 國

Level: 3

寅吃卯糧

寅 - (not in database)
吃 hek3 hat1 chi1 {ji2} - eat (Mandarin)
卯 maau5 - 4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m
糧 loeng4 liang2 - [1] food; grain; provisions [2] farm or land t

This word was added by bybell on 2nd Jan 2008

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