慳住食 (haan1 zyu6 sik6 | qian1 zhu4 shi2) : watch one's spending when buying food; be thrifty when eating

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慳住食

haan1 zyu6 sik6

qian1 zhu4 shi2

watch one's spending when buying food; be thrifty when eating

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

慳住食 / 悭住食

This word has been viewed 1326 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 31st Aug 2010 05:25

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慳 haan1 - save; thrifty; miserly; lack
住 zyu6 - live, reside, stay
食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food

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