「妹仔大過主人婆」

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Pronunciation：	mui1 zai2 daai6 gwo3 zyu2 jan4 po4
Individual Character Meaning：	妹 young sister 仔 son; boyfriend; to soften the tone 大 big; to grow up; to intimidate; to bluff; intensely; greatly; fully; on a large scale; number two; university; large; old in age; older; senior 過 to pass; to cross; to transfer; to surpass; to pass a place; to exceed; over again; anew; than 主 host; master; God; Lord; owner; to control; main; primary; subjective; (grammar) subject 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 婆 elderly female
Part of Speech：	expression
Explanation：	to have one's priorities backward; for the "lesser" to have stolen the spotlight of the "greater"; a situation where "the tail is wagging the dog"; literally: the maidservant (is) overshadowing her mistress (Cant.) 呢ni1套tou3劇kek6入jap6面min6，隻zek3狗gau2仲zung6搶coeng2鏡geng3過gwo3對deoi3男naam4女neoi5主zyu2角gok3，正zing3一jat1妹mui1仔zai2大daai6過gwo3主zyu2人jan4婆po4。 (Eng.) The dog outshone the male and female leads on this show. It really stole the spotlight. (Cant.) 佢keoi5條tiu4裙kwan4先sin1幾gei2百baak3蚊man1，用jung6嚟lai4襯can3裙kwan4嘅ge3頸geng2鍊lin2就zau6成seng4萬maan6蚊man1，真zan1係hai6妹mui1仔zai2大daai6過gwo3主zyu2人jan4婆po4。 (Eng.) Her dress costs hundreds, but she accessorised it with a necklace worth ten thousand: a perfect case of misplaced priorities. (Cant.) 俾bei2個go3新san1嚟lei4嘅ge3同tung4事si6坐co5房fong2，都dou1唔m4俾bei2間gaan1房fong2部bou6門mun4主zyu2管gun2，唔m4係hai6妹mui1仔zai2大daai6過gwo3主zyu2人jan4婆po4咩me1？ (Eng.) The new employee gets his own office, something not even the department director has. Talk about the tail wagging the dog!
Synonym：	Synonym：喧賓奪主
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