「塘水滾塘魚」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: tong4 seoi2 gwan2 tong4 jyu4
Individual
Character Meaning:
塘 pond; pool
水 water; soup; beverage; liquids in general; body of water
滾 to roll; boil((water/food)); go away; boiling hot; very angry; to boil; to deceive; to fool someone
塘 pond; pool
魚 fish
Part of Speech: expression
Explanation:
an undesirable situation in which people only do business among themselves rather than looking for business outside; as a result there is only a limited amount of money to be made because the market cannot expand; Literally: boiling pond fish in the same pond water
(Cant.) 你nei5喺hai2呢ni1啲di1屋uk1邨cyun1仔zai2開hoi1士si6多do1,塘tong4水seoi2滾gwan2塘tong4魚jyu4,只zi2會wui5一jat1世sai3冇mou5發faat3達daat6。
(Eng.) Since you opened a grocery store in such a small housing estate, you'll only do business with the same group of people, therefore you'll never become wealthy.
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