刀仔鋸大樹

Chinese

		small knife; pocketknife	a saw; to saw; to mend (china) with staples	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	tree
trad. (刀仔鋸大樹)		刀仔	鋸	大	樹
simp. (刀仔锯大树)		刀仔	锯	大	树

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou¹ zai² geoi³ daai⁶ syu⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou¹ zai² geoi³ daai⁶ syu⁶
    • Yale: dōu jái geui daaih syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou¹ dzai² goey³ daai⁶ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou¹ zei² gêu³ dai⁶ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵ kɵy̯³³ taːi̯²² syː²²/

Idiom

刀仔鋸大樹

1. (Cantonese) to make a big profit using only little capital