慳水慳力

Chinese

		stingy	water; river	stingy	power; force; strength
trad. (慳水慳力)		慳	水	慳	力
simp. (悭水悭力)		悭	水	悭	力
Literally: “to save water and effort”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan¹ seoi² haan¹ lik⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haan¹ seoi² haan¹ lik⁶
    • Yale: hāan séui hāan lihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan¹ soey² haan¹ lik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: han¹ sêu² han¹ lig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn⁵⁵ sɵy̯³⁵ haːn⁵⁵ lɪk̚²/

Idiom

慳水慳力

1. (Cantonese) to do something efficiently