CANTONESE ↔ ENGLISH · CC-CANTO
冇自唔在，攞苦嚟辛
Cantonese · source Jyutpingmou5 zi6 m4 zoi6, lo2 fu2 lei4 san1
Meanings
- to make a rod for one's own back [colloquial]
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.
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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: mao3 zi4 wu2 zai4, luo1 ku3 li2 xin1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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