飲頭啖湯
Chinese
drink | head; (noun suffix) | eat; taste; entice (with a bait) | soup; hot water | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
trad. (飲頭啖湯) | 飲 | 頭 | 啖 | 湯 | |
simp. (饮头啖汤) | 饮 | 头 | 啖 | 汤 | |
Literally: “to drink the first mouthful of soup”. |
Pronunciation
Idiom
飲頭啖湯
- (Cantonese) to be the first in doing something; to gain the first profits