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Chinese
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look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see look down upon; (Cantonese) to look; to see; to look after; to think |
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to eat cooked rice; to eat
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| trad. (睇餸食飯)
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睇
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餸
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食飯
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| simp. (睇𩠌食饭)
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睇
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𩠌
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食饭
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| Literally: “eat while observing (how much) food (is left)”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
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
Synonyms
- (to work with what one has): 量入為出 / 量入为出 (liàngrùwéichū)
- (to act flexibly): 隨機應變 / 随机应变 (suíjīyìngbiàn)