朝ziu1種zung3樹syu6晚maan5鎅gaai3板baan2

ziu1 zung3 syu6 maan5 gaai3 baan2cháo zhǒng shù wǎn jiè bǎninferred

English

eager for instant success and quick benefit

粵語 — Cantonese

朝早先種樹，夜晚就想鋸咗佢鎅木板，但係棟樹冇可能喺咁短時間生得咁快，比喻為急功近利

Examples

利字當頭，仲朝種樹晚𠝹板，噉嘅心態好唔健康。
It's not a sound attitude to emphasize benefits only and long for instant success and quick benefit.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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