燒siu1冷laang5灶zou3

English

1. helping one who has potential to rise to power, seeking for future returns (slang)
2. to support someone who has fallen from power, to work on behalf of someone who has lost power or status in the hope that they will regain their former position; literally: to warm a cold stove ----unreviewed?
3. to bet on a black horseunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 關心或者奉承一啲未得勢或者冷門黑馬，為將來鋪路unreviewed?
2. 押注落啲大冷盤度unreviewed?

Examples

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  如果呢轉冷灶燒得起，佢一定賺到喊。

  If his bet on his black horse pays off, he will turn a big profit.