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食sik6枉wong2米mai5

sik6 wong2 mai5shí wǎng mǐ

English

  1. a slacker; a way of reprimanding someone as useless
  2. to have no talent, to be useless; literally: to eat wasted rice

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一個人好無用,咩才能都無,食咁多飯都係盞晒

Examples

  • 你三十歲人失業仲要淨係響屋企打機,食枉米囉你。

    You are still unemployed in your thirties and only play video games at home, all the rice has been wasted on you.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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