「好仔唔當差」
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| Pronunciation： | hou2 zai2 m4 dong1 caai1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
好 very; good; quite; like; to like; to be fond of; to be interested in; sure; enough; fine; kind; friendly; to get well; easy to; good for; suitable for; pleasant to; such 仔 son; boyfriend; to soften the tone 唔 not 當 as; consider; when; while; just at; to work as; to serve as; to undertake; to face; to be situated in; to consider; to treat as; to think of; to pawn an item; should; ought to; suitable; just 差 inferior; messenger; difference; bad; lower than average; poor; government duty; to lack; to miss out |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Labels： | Slang |
| Explanation： |
"good men don't join the police force"; a common saying in Hong Kong expressing cynicism towards the conduct of police officers; thought to originate from the 1960's, when the police force was utterly corrupted and effectively functioned as organized thugs
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