一時唔偷雞做保長

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for a time; once not to steal chickens; to do something sneakily and unnoticeably for one's own benefit or convenience to be; to act as leader of a bao in the baojia system
trad. (一時唔偷雞做保長/一時唔偷鷄做保長) 一時 唔 偷雞/偷鷄 做 保長
simp. (一时唔偷鸡做保长) 一时 唔 偷鸡 做 保长
Literally: “to act as the leader of the bao the one time they do not steal chickens”.

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一時唔偷雞做保長

  1. (Cantonese) someone who has a reputation of doing bad hypocritically accuses someone else of committing a fault
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