See 食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢 on Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打烂嘢",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "[someone only] eats and does not do a thing; [when he actually] does things, [he] breaks things",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese Chinese",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"kind": "other",
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"glosses": [
"being idle and never doing things right"
],
"id": "en-食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢-zh-phrase-pLkqdI0w",
"links": [
[
"idle",
"idle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Cantonese) being idle and never doing things right"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "bàishì yǒuyú",
"word": "成事不足，敗事有餘／成事不足，败事有余"
},
{
"roman": "chéngshì bùzú, bàishì yǒuyú",
"word": "成事不足，敗事有餘／成事不足，败事有余"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "生雞卵無，放雞屎有"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "生鸡卵无，放鸡屎有"
}
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sik⁶ je⁵ m⁴ zou⁶ je⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zou⁶ je⁵ daa² laan⁶ je⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "sik⁶ je⁵ m⁴ zou⁶ je⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zou⁶ je⁵ daa² laan⁶ je⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sihk yéh m̀h jouh yéh"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jouh yéh dá laahn yéh"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sik⁹ je⁵ m⁴ dzou⁶ je⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dzou⁶ je⁵ daa² laan⁶ je⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xig⁶ yé⁵ m⁴ zou⁶ yé⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "zou⁶ yé⁵ da² lan⁶ yé⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɪk̚² jɛː¹³ m̩²¹ t͡sou̯²² jɛː¹³ t͡sou̯²² jɛː¹³ taː³⁵ laːn²² jɛː¹³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打烂嘢",
"tags": [
"Simplified-Chinese"
]
}
],
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"1": "zh",
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},
"expansion": "食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "[someone only] eats and does not do a thing; [when he actually] does things, [he] breaks things",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 做",
"Chinese terms spelled with 唔",
"Chinese terms spelled with 嘢",
"Chinese terms spelled with 打",
"Chinese terms spelled with 爛",
"Chinese terms spelled with 食",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"glosses": [
"being idle and never doing things right"
],
"links": [
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],
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"(Cantonese) being idle and never doing things right"
],
"tags": [
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"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"Cantonese",
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],
"zh_pron": "sik⁶ je⁵ m⁴ zou⁶ je⁵"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zou⁶ je⁵ daa² laan⁶ je⁵"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
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"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
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"zh_pron": "sik⁶ je⁵ m⁴ zou⁶ je⁵"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "zou⁶ je⁵ daa² laan⁶ je⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "sihk yéh m̀h jouh yéh"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jouh yéh dá laahn yéh"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "sik⁹ je⁵ m⁴ dzou⁶ je⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "dzou⁶ je⁵ daa² laan⁶ je⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "xig⁶ yé⁵ m⁴ zou⁶ yé⁵"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "zou⁶ yé⁵ da² lan⁶ yé⁵"
},
{
"ipa": "/sɪk̚² jɛː¹³ m̩²¹ t͡sou̯²² jɛː¹³ t͡sou̯²² jɛː¹³ taː³⁵ laːn²² jɛː¹³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "bàishì yǒuyú",
"word": "成事不足，敗事有餘／成事不足，败事有余"
},
{
"roman": "chéngshì bùzú, bàishì yǒuyú",
"word": "成事不足，敗事有餘／成事不足，败事有余"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "生雞卵無，放雞屎有"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "生鸡卵无，放鸡屎有"
}
],
"word": "食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢"
}
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