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未見官先打三十大板 (mei6 gin3 gun1 sin1 daa2 saam1 sap6 daai6 baan2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

未見官先打三十大板 (mei6 gin3 gun1 sin1 daa2 saam1 sap6 daai6 baan2, wèi jiàn guān xiān dǎ sān shí dà bǎn) — (proverb) saying someone needs to dissipate; pay out the price before getting what they need; want

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 未做 (mei6 zou6) — not done
• 未嘗不可 (mei6 soeng4 bat1 ho2) — not a bad idea; it's not impossible; there's no reason why it shouldn't; couldn…
• 未夠 (mei6 gau3) — not enough
• 未夠班 (mei6 gau3 baan1) — not up to par (spoken)
• 未學行先學走 (mei6 hok6 haang4 sin1 hok6 zau2) — (proverb with figurative meaning) someone is arrogant
• 未完待續 (mei6 jyun4 doi6 zuk6) — to be continued

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