拾荒
sap6 fong1shí huāng
English
- to glean
- to collect scraps
- to eke out a meager living
- to collect what other people dumped
粵語 — Cantonese
- 收集人哋唔要嘅廢棄物
Examples
個老伯伯揾唔到工，只可以靠拾荒為生。
The old man cannot get a job so he can only become an elderly scavenger.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk