「食白果」
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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: | 白果 銀杏 |
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