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粵語辭叢

破財擋災

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粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord

用錢銀嘅損失化解咗災劫 (a proverb: lose money to avoid (worse) misfortunes)

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Examples

啲錢唔見咗冇所謂啦,咪當破財擋災囉。

Don't be too upset about losing money, as the saying goes you avoid misfortune by losing money.

維基辭典YuePhrase

Original phonetic: /pʰɔː³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ tɔːŋ³⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/

to lose money to avoid worse misfortunes (often said to comfort someone who has suffered unexpected financial losses)