「食水深」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: sik6 seoi2 sam1
Individual
Character Meaning:
to eat; to take (medicine); to suffer; to conquer; to control
water; soup; beverage; liquids in general; body of water
deep; difficult; hard; intimate; (of colour) dark; rich; high
Part of Speech: adjective
Explanation:
  • (of vessels) having a deep draught (distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull)

  • commonly used figuratively to refer to shops or middlemen making an unreasonably high profit
    (Cant.) keoi5dei6sik6seoi2hou2sam1gaa3jat1tiu4sau2lin2sing4bun2sin1zi3go2gei2sap6man1daan6hai6zau6maai6dou3cin1gei2man1jat1tiu4
    (Eng.) They make a huge profit margin. A bracelet costs well under a hundred for them, but they sell them up to over a thousand dollars each.
    (Cant.) gei1gam1ging1lei5sik6seoi2hou2sam1gaa3ngo5di1koeng5zik1gam1zaan6maai4dou1m4gau3sit6gun2lei5fai3
    (Eng.) Fund managers are bloodsucking leeches. My MPF yields less than enough to cover their administration fees!

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