「貼錢買難受」
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Pronunciation: | tip3 cin2 maai5 naan4 sau6 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
貼 to paste; to stick; to glue; to keep close to; to subsidize 錢 money; cash; banknotes and coins 買 to buy; to purchase; to hire; (of prices) to cost; to bet; to place a bet; to gamble (money) 難 difficult; disaster; hard; catastrophe; calamity; suffering; generally, trouble 受 receive; to receive; to accept; to agree or accept; to suffer; to withstand; to endure; to bear; to cope |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
spent money but ended up worse off; literally, put in money and bought sufferings
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