爭口氣
zang1 hau2 hei3zaang1 hau2 hei3zhēng kǒu qìinferred
English
- to work hard and succeed, to strive for people's recognization and affirmation; to fight for your own rights
粵語 — Cantonese
- 為自己出頭、唔好衰俾人睇、贏得人哋嘅認同同埋肯定
Examples
俾人蝦就一定要出聲為自己爭口氣!
You have to speak out and fight for your own rights!
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk