「貪字得個貧」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: taam1 zi6 dak1 go3 pan4
Individual
Character Meaning:
to be greedy; to covet; to take bribe
character; character; word; five minutes; script; handwriting; penmanship; calligraphy; tails (of a coin)
okay; to get; only have; (suffix); advantage; gain; to only have; acceptable; can; able to; great; good; to have even done; to receive; to calculate; to compute; to equal to; to stay still
(measure); dollar
to lack; short of; inadequate
Part of Speech: expression
Explanation:
being greedy will make one suffer losses; grasp all, lose all; literally: the character for "greed" (貪) leads to that for "poverty" (貧) (based on their graphical similarity)
(Cant.) nin4hing1jan4taam1zi6dak1go3pan4aa3m4hou2kei4mong6gam1jat6fu6ceot1zik1jat6zau6jau5sau1wok6
(Eng.) Oh young fellows, greed leads to loss! Don't expect that you can reap what you sow in one day.
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