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人無生活計，枉食人間米
jan4 mou4 sang1 wut6 gai3, wong2 sik6 jan4 gaan1 mai5
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if one doesn't have a plan or goal in one will just waste his life away for nothing  |
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Characters in this word:人 jan4 - person; human being無 mou4 - not; negative; don't have 生 saang1 sang1 - born; grow; life; alive; unripe 活 wut6 - live; exist; work; vivid; movable; alive 計 gai3 - count; compute; plan; scheme; idea; meter ， - (not in database) 枉 wong2 - unjust; in vain; distort 食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food 人 jan4 - person; human being 間 gaan1 gaan3 - interval of time or space 米 mai5 - uncooked rice |
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