「受人錢財，替人消災」
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| Pronunciation： | sau6 jan4 cin4 coi4 tai3 jan4 siu1 zoi1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
受 receive; to receive; to accept; to agree or accept; to suffer; to withstand; to endure; to bear; to cope 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 錢 money; cash; banknotes and coins 財 wealth; money; finance 替 help((someone to do something)); for; in the interest of; to substitute; to replace 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 消 to disappear; to vanish 災 catastrophe; calamity; disaster |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
one must be committed to complete the knotty task for which one has paid; literally: if you accept other's money, you must help with others' disasters
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