食得鹹魚抵得渴
Chinese
- eat; food; to feed; animal feedget; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
salted fish hold up; on the whole; push against; to support; to resist; to reach; to arrive; mortgageget; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need tothirsty trad. (食得鹹魚抵得渴) 食 得 鹹魚 抵 得 渴 simp. (食得咸鱼抵得渴) 食 得 咸鱼 抵 得 渴 Literally: “if one eats salted fish, one must be able to stand the thirst”.
Pronunciation
Idiom
食得鹹魚抵得渴
- (Cantonese) to have to bear the consequences of one's actions or choices