睇餸食飯
Chinese edit
look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think |
to eat; to eat cooked rice without rice water | |||
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trad. (睇餸食飯) | 睇 | 餸 | 食飯 | |
simp. (睇𩠌食饭) | 睇 | 𩠌 | 食饭 | |
Literally: “eat while observing (how much) food (is left)”. |
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
睇餸食飯
- (Cantonese) to work with what one has; to act with the available resources in mind
- (Cantonese) to act flexibly; to play by ear