人又老,錢又冇

简 人又老,钱又冇 · 繁 人又老,錢又冇
Cantonese · source Jyutpingjan4 jau6 lou5, cin2 jau6 mou5

Meanings

  1. old and penniless [colloquial]
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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ren2 you4 lao3, qian2 you4 mao3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity人又老,錢又冇 人又老,钱又冇 [ren2 you4 lao3, qian2 you4 mao3] {jan4 jau6 lou5, cin2 jau6 mou5} /old and penniless [colloquial]/

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