食sik6自zi6己gei2

English

1. on one's own
2. to fend for oneself; to look after oneself (since no one else will); literally, to eat oneself

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 自己照顧自己；唔可以依賴其他人

Examples

• 我老豆老母都唔喺香港，有咩嘢都要食自己。

  My dad and my mum are not in Hong Kong. I need to fend for myself no matter what happens.

• 我仲記得嗰陣時我哋淨係會食自己種嘅蔬菜。

  I remember when we used to never eat vegetables that we didn't grow ourselves.

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