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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
無彩工
- (Hokkien) to waste effort; to be in vain; to lose one's pains
References
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “chhái”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 61; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 61