「千揀萬揀，揀著個爛燈盞 / 千揀萬揀，揀著個爛燈膽」

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Character、 Pronunciation：	千揀萬揀，揀著個爛燈盞 cin1 gaan2 maan6 gaan2 gaan2 zoek6 go3 laan6 dang1 zaan2 千揀萬揀，揀著個爛燈膽 cin1 gaan2 maan6 gaan2 gaan2 zoek6 go3 laan6 dang1 daam2
Individual Character Meaning：	千 thousand 揀 to pick up; to choose; to select; to pick 萬 10000; ten thousand 揀 to pick up; to choose; to select; to pick 揀 to pick up; to choose; to select; to pick 著 to write; to be ignited; to turn on; to light up; to wear; to put on; to touch; to reach; to attach to; asleep 個 (measure); dollar 爛 broken; incomplete; damaged; mashed; sodden; overcooked; bad; of low quality; messy; to rot; to go bad; very; extremely; overly; bright; eye-catching 燈 lamp; literally: light; light 盞 a small cup; in vain; for nothing; to no avail; lovely; enjoyable
Variants：	Variants：千㨂萬㨂，㨂著個爛燈盞、千㨂萬㨂，㨂著個爛燈膽
Part of Speech：	expression
Explanation：	to have made a bad choice out of a large number of possibilities and is often used when talking of one's choice of spouse; literally: thousand pick and ten thousands pick, to have picked a broken light bulb or lamp shade (Cant.) 佢keoi5去heoi3相soeng1睇tai2嗰go2陣zan2，千cin1揀gaan2萬maan6揀gaan2，揀gaan2著zoek6個go3爛laan6燈dang1膽daam2，揀gaan2著zoek6個go3花心蘿蔔faa1 sam1 lo4 baak6。 (Eng.) She carefully selected a partner in a matchmaking session, yet fell for a womanizer.
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