「塘水滾塘魚」
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Pronunciation: | tong4 seoi2 gwan2 tong4 jyu4 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
塘 pond; pool 水 water; soup; beverage; liquids in general; body of water 滾 to roll; boil((water/food)); go away; boiling hot; very angry; to boil; to deceive; to fool someone 塘 pond; pool 魚 fish |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
an undesirable situation in which people only do business among themselves rather than looking for business outside; as a result there is only a limited amount of money to be made because the market cannot expand; Literally: boiling pond fish in the same pond water
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