有錢冇命享 (jau5 cin4*2 mou5 meng6 hoeng2 | ) : have a lot of money but no life in which to spend it

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有錢冇命享

jau5 cin4*2 mou5 meng6 hoeng2

have a lot of money but no life in which to spend it

This follows the pattern 有 noun 冇 noun verb. Other examples: 有氣冇埞唞、有車冇埞泊、有時間冇埞去、有工冇人做、有料冇人請、有理由都冇人情講。

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

有錢冇命享

This word has been viewed 1712 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 26th Mar 2008 04:56 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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有 jau5 jau6 - have; there is
錢 cin4 cin4*2 - cash, money, coins
冇 mou5 - don't have
命 ming6 meng6 - life; destiny; order
享 hoeng2 - enjoy

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