揦鮓食，揦鮓大

Chinese

		dirty; unhygienic; disorganized dirty; unhygienic; disorganized; lack of planning	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed		dirty; unhygienic; disorganized dirty; unhygienic; disorganized; lack of planning	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (揦鮓食，揦鮓大)		揦鮓	食	，	揦鮓	大
simp. (揦鲊食，揦鲊大)		揦鲊	食	，	揦鲊	大
Literally: “eat dirty, grow up dirty”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laa⁵ zaa² sik⁶, laa⁵ zaa² daai⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laa⁵ zaa² sik⁶, laa⁵ zaa² daai⁶
    • Yale: láh já sihk, láh já daaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laa⁵ dzaa² sik⁹, laa⁵ dzaa² daai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: la⁵ za² xig⁶, la⁵ za² dai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laː¹³ t͡saː³⁵ sɪk̚² laː¹³ t͡saː³⁵ taːi̯²²/

Proverb

揦鮓食，揦鮓大

1. (Cantonese) what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 垃圾食，垃圾大