「同檯食飯，各自修行 / 同枱食飯，各自修行」
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| Individual Character Meaning： |
同 with; and; same; identical; common 檯 table 食 to eat; to take (medicine); to suffer; to conquer; to control 飯 meal; cooked rice; stupid; idiot 各 each; every 自 oneself; from; since; self- 修 to mend; to study knowledge; to practise a skill; to repair; to renovate; to correct; to revise; to amend; to study a subject; to take credits; to trim; to prune 行 to walk; profession; behaviour; okay; a line; a row; trip; performance; action; industry; perfunctory; "hong"; a shop; a firm; to browse; to move; to adopt; to take; dry |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
used to describe a situation where people are partners or members of a group but have their own private thoughts and beliefs; "together but apart"; literally: eating at the same table, but each working on their own self-improvement
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