爛泥扶唔上壁

Chinese

		mud; slush; ooze mud; slush; ooze; mire; soil; earth	to support with hand; to help sb. up; to help	hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	wall; rampart
trad. (爛泥扶唔上壁)		爛泥	扶	唔	上	壁
simp. (烂泥扶唔上壁)		烂泥	扶	唔	上	壁

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爛泥扶唔上壁

(Cantonese) to be so incompetent that others' help is of no use; to be useless and incapable and cannot be nurtured; to be hopelessly inept

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