打完齋唔要和尚

Chinese
 
beat; strike; break
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
to finish; to be over; whole
to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
 a fast; studio to not want
 
preceptor; high priest; head monk
preceptor; high priest; head monk; any Buddhist monk
trad. (打完齋唔要和尚) 打 完 齋 唔要 和尚
simp. (打完斋唔要和尚) 打 完 斋 唔要 和尚
Literally: “to not want a Buddhist monk after the ritual is finished”.

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打完齋唔要和尚

  1. to abandon someone after that person has helped to reach a goal

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