食住上 (sik6 zyu6 soeng5 | shi2 zhu4 shang4) : take advantage of an opportunity that arises; strike the iron while it's hot

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食住上

sik6 zyu6 soeng5

shi2 zhu4 shang4

take advantage of an opportunity that arises; strike the iron while it's hot

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

食住上

This word has been viewed 1342 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 1st Sep 2010 02:21

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食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food
住 zyu6 - live, reside, stay
上 soeng6 soeng5 - upper; superior; preceding; up; on

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