開埋井俾人食水 (hoi1 maai4 zeng2 bei2 jan4 sik6 seoi2): to work so hard for something (especially something that one has initiated from scratch) only for someone else to take the credit | Cantonese Dictionary

hoi1 maai4 zeng2 bei2 jan4 sik6 seoi2開埋井俾人食水开埋井俾人食水

Jyutpinghoi1 maai4 zeng2 bei2 jan4 sik6 seoi2

Yalehōi màih jéng béi yành sikh séui

Definition

to work so hard for something (especially something that one has initiated from scratch) only for someone else to take the credit

T1High level

T2High rising

T3Mid level

T4Low falling

T5Low rising

T6Low level

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