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食白果
  sik6 baak6 gwo2   jyutping
  shi2 bai2 guo3   pinyin
get zero result; not pay off; wild-goose chase; fail to get or achieve what one wants
[Lit.] \"eat ginkgo\"

verb

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

This word has been viewed 1607 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 27th Aug 2008 03:01 and last edited on 25th Nov 2010 17:15
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Characters in this word:

 sik6 zi6  -  eat; food
 baak6  -  white; clear; pure
 gwo2  -  fruit
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