「一時唔偷雞就做保長」

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Pronunciation：	jat1 si4 m4 tau1 gai1 zau6 zou6 bou2 zoeng2
Individual Character Meaning：	一 one; as soon as; once 時 o'clock; times; days 唔 not 偷 to steal; to pilfer 雞 chicken; a whistle 就 as a result; in light of; with regard to; in this/that regard; to succeed; to complete; close; near; to tend to; arrive; to do; almost; soon; precisely; exactly; right after; immediately after; then; to accommodate; to yield to; to give in; to acquiesce 做 to do; to act; to perform; to be; to become; to be/play (a role); to be as; to give; to make; to provide; to prepare 保 to protect; to defend; to guard; to maintain; to keep status quo; to guarantee; to keep; to preserve; to bail out 長 to grow; long; length; strong point; merit; specialty
Variants：	Variants：一時唔偷鷄就做保長
Part of Speech：	expression
Labels：	Slang
Explanation：	used to criticise or to tease someone who has a long history of frequent mischief, but is absurdly proud of having done something decent for once or of a transient pause of his streak of malevolence; literally: just for once one does not steal a chicken, one becomes the head of the clan (Cant.) 佢keoi5兩loeng5兄hing1弟dai6成seng4日jat6狗gau2咬ngaau5狗gau2骨gwat1。個go3阿aa3哥go1成seng4年nin4先sin1去heoi3老lou5人jan4院jyun2探taam3佢keoi5阿aa3媽maa1一jat1次ci3，一jat1時si4唔m4偷tau1雞gai1就zau6做zou6保bou2長zoeng2，話waa6個go3細sai3佬lou2不bat1孝haau3。 (Eng.) The two of the brothers are always fighting. The older one visited his mother in the retirement home merely once a year, and self righteously, took it upon himself to call his brother an ingrate.
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