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粵語辭叢

皇帝唔急太監急

wong4 dai3 m4 gap1 taai3 gaam3 gap1included in 2 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongPhrase

緊張、焦急過#當事人 (to be more anxious about one's business than the person concerned; lit. the emperor is not in a hurry but the eunuchs are)

語句
維基辭典YuePhrase

Original phonetic: /wɔːŋ²¹ tɐi̯³³ m̩²¹ kɐp̚⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ kaːm³³ kɐp̚⁵/

The person involved is calm and collected, but observers are very worried.