「瘦田冇人耕，耕開有人爭」
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| Pronunciation： | sau3 tin4 mou5 jan4 gaang1 gaang1 hoi1 jau5 jan4 zaang1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
瘦 thin; slim; (of meat) lean; desolate 田 field; farm; agricultural land 冇 don't have; do not; there is/are not; to not exist; to not be related; to not have; to not own; to not possess; no big deal; nothing important 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 耕 to plough (a field) 耕 to plough (a field) 開 to open; away from; to spread; to enlarge; outside; on the outer side; away; elsewhere; to bloom; to commence; to unlock; to hold (an event); to start up; to turn on; to shoot; to issue; to dispense; to discover; to explore; to expose; to release a result; to reveal; to cut into pieces; to divide; times 有 to have; have; there is/are; to be made up of; to own; to exist; can be found 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 爭 to compete; to argue; to dispute; to fight for |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
something which at first is not in demand, but which later becomes very popular once someone takes as interest; literally: no one wants to work a thin field, when someone works on it everybody competes for it
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