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食得鹹魚抵得渴
  sik6 dak1 haam4 jyu4 dai2 dak1 hot3   jyutping
One must bear the consequences of one's own choice, action or stupidity
[lit] Those who eat salted fish must put up with the thirst

Mandarin: 一人做事一人當

(Note: 鹹魚 is pronounced [haam4 jyu4] without tone change here as it usually does as a standalone term.)

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
食得鹹魚抵得渴

This word was added by C Chiu on 6th Jan 2008 04:04 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 sik6 zi6 ji6  -  eat
 dak1  -  get; obtain; need
 haam4  -  salty
 jyu4*2  -  fish
 dai2  -  sustain; resist; offset
 dak1  -  get; obtain; need
 hot3  -  thirst; thirsty; to long for; to crave for
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