打完齋唔要和尚

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	to finish; to be over; whole to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire	a fast; studio	to not want	preceptor; high priest; head monk preceptor; high priest; head monk; any Buddhist monk
trad. (打完齋唔要和尚)		打	完	齋	唔要	和尚
simp. (打完斋唔要和尚)		打	完	斋	唔要	和尚
Literally: “to not want a Buddhist monk after the ritual is finished”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² jyun⁴ zaai¹ m⁴ jiu³ wo⁴ soeng^6-2

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² jyun⁴ zaai¹ m⁴ jiu³ wo⁴ soeng^6-2
    • Yale: dá yùhn jāai m̀h yiu wòh séung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² jyn⁴ dzaai¹ m⁴ jiu³ wo⁴ soeng^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² yun⁴ zai¹ m⁴ yiu³ wo⁴ sêng^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ jyːn²¹ t͡saːi̯⁵⁵ m̩²¹ jiːu̯³³ wɔː²¹ sœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/

Idiom

打完齋唔要和尚

1. to abandon someone after that person has helped to reach a goal

Synonyms

• 過橋抽板／过桥抽板 (guòqiáochōubǎn)
• 念完經打和尚／念完经打和尚