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Here, we present the idiom 「麥飯豆羹」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

soup. Refers to inferior food. Used to describe a low standard of living.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

mài fàn dòu gēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

mak6 faan6 dau2 gang1

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