蜑daan6家gaa1雞gai1見gin3水seoi2

English

1. sandwich pun of which latter part is "one can look but cannot eat" or "you can just have a look". Tankas are the boat people, if they raise a chicken they will tire it up, avoid it dropping into water. Means one can look at a good thing but not allowed or unable to enjoy, mostly used to describe someone who is handling a lot of money but cannot take a penny from it, or a married man who meet an adorable girl but not allowed to date. Literally: boat people's chicken sees waterunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 歇後語，下一句接「睇得唔食得」或「得個望字」；水上人會綁住船上養嘅雞，唔俾佢跳落水浸死；比喻可望而不可即，例如經手大量金錢而一蚊都得唔到嘅人，或者男人見到靚女又無得追嘅心情unreviewed?

Examples

• unreviewed?

  我間公司係做外匯找換，日日一百幾十萬過我手，但無用啦，咪又係蜑家雞見水，睇得唔食得。

  My company deals in foreign exchange, handling millions daily, but it doesn't benefit me - the money is like a boat person's chicken seeing water, I can only look but not take any.