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未見官先打八十
  mei6 gin3 gun1 sin1 daa2 baat3 sap6   jyutping
  wei4 jian4 guan1 xian1 da3 ba1 shi2   pinyin
pay a heavy price to pursue an objective

[synonym] 未見


Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
未見官先打八十 / 未见官先打八十

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Characters in this word:

 mei6  -  not yet, not
 gin3 jin6  -  see; meet; view; show evidence of
 gun1  -  government official
 sin1  -  first; before; temporarily
 daa2 daa1  -  hit; strike | dozen
 baat3  -  eight
 sap6  -  ten
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