食鹽多過食米

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Chinese

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eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
salt
many; much; a lot of
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
 
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker)
to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
rice; metre
trad. (食鹽多過食米)
simp. (食盐多过食米)
Literally: “to have consumed more salt than rice”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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食鹽多過食米

  1. (Cantonese) to be experienced (especially in one's life, commonly used when a senior is criticizing a junior)
    食鹽多過食米 [Cantonese, trad.]
    食盐多过食米 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 sik6 jim4 do1 gwo3 nei5 sik6 mai5! [Jyutping]
    I've experienced much more than you!