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Chinese
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to do; to make; to produce
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(once) again; also; both... and... (once) again; also; both... and...; again |
thirty-six; 36
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hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not
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to do; to make; to produce
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(once) again; also; both... and... (once) again; also; both... and...; again |
thirty-six; 36
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simp. and trad.
(做又三十六，唔做又三十六)
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做
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又
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三十六
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唔
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做
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又
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三十六
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做又36，唔做又36
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| Literally: “doing gets thirty-six, not doing also thirty-six”.
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Etymology
Under the communist social system before Chinese economic reform, most of the workers in state-owned organizations received a monthly salary of approximately 36 yuans no matter how much effort they paid.
Pronunciation
Idiom
做又三十六，唔做又三十六
- (Cantonese) the payoffs or outcomes are always the same, whether one is doing the job properly or not (suggests that one should not put effort into doing their work)
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