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黑狗得食白狗當災
hak1 gau2 dak1 sik6 baak6 gau2 dong1 zoi1
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the bad person gets ahead while the good suffers for the bad's deeds [literal] black dog gets to eat, white dog is punished [variant] 黑狗偷食白狗當災  Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:黑 hak1 haak1 - black; dark; secret; wicked狗 gau2 - dog 得 dak1 - get; obtain; fit; finished; able to; must 食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food 白 baak6 - white; clear; pure 狗 gau2 - dog 當 dong1 dong3 - work as; in charge; appropriate; regard as 災 zoi1 - calamity; disaster; catastrophe | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:
黑狗得食白狗當災
hak1 gau2 dak1 sik6 baak6 gau2 dong1 zoi1 = the bad person gets ahead while the good suffer for the bad's deeds (lit., "black dog eats, white dog is punished") |
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