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