食得鹹魚抵得渴

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Chinese

eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
get; obtain; gain
get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
 
salted fish; zombie; corpse to tolerate; to endure; to be worth thirsty
trad. (食得鹹魚抵得渴/食得咸魚抵得渴) 鹹魚/咸魚 抵得
simp. (食得咸鱼抵得渴) 咸鱼 抵得
Literally: “if one eats salted fish, one must be able to stand the thirst”.

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食得鹹魚抵得渴

  1. (Cantonese) to have to bear the consequences of one's actions or choices