「食白果」
| Entry #1 | |
| Pronunciation： | sik6 baak6 gwo2 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
食 to eat; to take (medicine); to suffer; to conquer; to control 白 white; to inform; easy to understand; in vain; for nothing; free of charge; at no cost 果 fruit; result; consequence; outcome |
| Part of Speech： | verb |
| Labels： | Slang |
| Explanation： |
to have put in the effort but fail to reap the rewards; to do something in vain; literally: to eat gingko
(Eng.) C. Ronaldo has not scored a goal in two games. Foreign newspapers ridicule him as "Ronulldo".
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| See also： | 銀杏 白果 |
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