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食井水 (sik6 zeng2 seoi2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

食井水 (sik6 zeng2 seoi2, shí jǐng shuǐ) — (prostitutes) to get married; or women living on boats to get married to someone and live on dry land; to get married to someone of a higher social class and live comfortably

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 食七咁食 (sik6 cat1 gam2 sik6) — eating excessively or without manners (spoken)
• 食七噉食 (sik6 cat1 gam2 sik6) — to engorge (eat to excess); to gobble; to devour ravenously
• 食人唔𦧲骨 (sik6 jan4 m4 loe1 gwat1) — (to eat someone and not spit out the bones); be ruthless and avaricious
• 食人族 (sik6 jan4 zuk6) — the cannibals
• 食人隻車 (sik6 jan4 zek3 geoi1) — to reap an excessively large profit from the other party in a deal
• 食住上 (sik6 zyu6 soeng5) — seize the opportunity (spoken)

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