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針冇兩頭利
  zam1 mou5 loeng5 tau4 lei6   jyutping
there's no rose without thorns, no such thing as perfect

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
針冇兩頭利

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Characters in this word:

 zam1  -  needle; injection; stitich; acupuncture
 mou5  -  don't have
 loeng5 loeng2  -  two; pair
 tau4  -  head; first; chief
 lei6, lai6  -  profit; gains; benefit; serve
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