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太公分豬肉
  taai3 gung1 fan1 zyu1 juk6   jyutping
everyone gets a share
[literal] the head of the clan divides up the pork

太公分豬肉 is the first part of a two-part allegorical saying which has 人人有份 as the latter part, often hidden.
The explanation is rather straight-forward. In the old days, after an ancestor-worshipping ceremony, the head of a clan would carve up the roast pig placed on the altar as sacrifice, and would give a portion to each and every male of the clan. So everyone gets a share.
Nowadays, the expression is more often used to describe an award ceremony where every major contestant gets a prize, irrespective of merits.
Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
太公分豬肉 / 太公分猪肉

This word has been viewed 1963 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 7th Nov 2011 10:49
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Characters in this word:

 taai3  -  highest; great-grand; excessively
 gung1  -  public; common; international; impartial
 fan1 fan6  -  divide; distribute; distinguish; point
 zyu1  -  pig
 juk6  -  meat
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