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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

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

Written Forms

開埋井俾人食水Traditional · Main Form
开埋井俾人食水Alternate Form

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