燈油火臘 (dang1 jau4 fo2 laap6 | ) : expenditure for water, gas, electricity bills

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燈油火臘

dang1 jau4 fo2 laap6

expenditure for water, gas, electricity bills

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

燈油火臘

This word was added by bernard on 2nd Apr 2008 17:19 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

燈 dang1 - light, lamp
油 jau4 jau4*2 - oil; grease; fat
火 fo2 - fire
臘 laap6 - salted and smoked meat

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結賬嗰陣時，計埋啲租金保險燈油火臘，七除八扣，唔賺得幾多咋粵
When working out the accounts, considering the rental, insurance, utility bills, and other deductibles, there won't be much profit to be made.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

燈油火蠟 dang1 jau4 fo2 laap6 = the day-to-day cost of running a business

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