食得鹹魚抵得渴

Chinese
 
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
get; 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; mortgage
 
get; 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
 thirsty
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

  1. (Cantonese) to have to bear the consequences of one's actions or choices
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