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五行欠水

ng5 hang4 him3 seoi2

no money (water once again being the metaphor for money as it is one of the five elements of nature)

Variant: 五行缺水.

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

五行欠水

This word was added by bybell on 11th Jun 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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五 ng5 wu3 - five
行 haang4 hang4 hong4 hang6 xing2 hang2 - walk; travel; profession; business line
欠 him3 qian4 - to owe; deficient; lacking
水 seoi2 shui3 - water; liquid, juice; [slang] money

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