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冇咁大個頭就唔好帶咁大頂帽 (mou5 gam3 daai6 go3 tau4 zau6 m4 hou2 daai3 gam3 daai6 deng2 mou6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

冇咁大個頭就唔好帶咁大頂帽 (mou5 gam3 daai6 go3 tau4 zau6 m4 hou2 daai3 gam3 daai6 deng2 mou6, mǎo gān dà ge5tou2 jiù wú hǎo dài gān dà dǐng mào) — one can only spend as much as one can afford; one should not over stretch beyond their limits; power; abilities; to not bite off more than one can chew [colloquial]

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 冇乜兩句 (mou5 mat1 loeng5 geoi3) — to describe two people do not have much to talk
• 冇乜 (mou5 mat1) — nothing; it's nothing; not very; not particularly
• 冇乜嘢 (mou5 mat1 je5) — nothing; have nothing; it's fine
• 冇乜好死 (mou5 mat1 hou2 sei2) — nothing left to worry about
• 冇乜所謂 (mou5 mat1 so2 wai6) — does not matter much, not important
• 冇乜滯 (mou5 mat1 zai6) — nothing really left or remain

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