精人出口，笨人出手

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	man; person; people	to speak; to utter		stupid; foolish; silly stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy	man; person; people	to beat; to assault; to fight
trad. (精人出口，笨人出手)		精	人	出口	，	笨	人	出手
simp. ^#(精人出口，笨人出手)		精	人	出口	，	笨	人	出手

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): zeng¹ jan⁴ ceot¹ hau², ban⁶ jan⁴ ceot¹ sau²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zeng¹ jan⁴ ceot¹ hau², ban⁶ jan⁴ ceot¹ sau²
  - Yale: jēng yàhn chēut háu, bahn yàhn chēut sáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzeng¹ jan⁴ tsoet⁷ hau², ban⁶ jan⁴ tsoet⁷ sau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zéng¹ yen⁴ cêd¹ heo², ben⁶ yen⁴ cêd¹ seo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ hɐu̯³⁵ pɐn²² jɐn²¹ t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵/

Proverb

精人出口，笨人出手

(Cantonese) a smart person gets stupid people to carry out difficult tasks for them
- 2019, HR熊, 《HR熊小姐親述：辦公室戰爭》, Hong Kong: 亮光文化 [Enlighten & Fish], →ISBN, page 63:
  
  巧用「精人出口，笨人出手」，務求以最慳水慳力嘅方式達致老闆眼中嘅最高效率有能之士。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  巧用「精人出口，笨人出手」，务求以最悭水悭力嘅方式达致老板眼中嘅最高效率有能之士。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  haau² jung⁶ “zeng¹ jan⁴ ceot¹ hau² ， ban⁶ jan⁴ ceot¹ sau²”, mou⁶ kau⁴ ji⁵ zeoi³ haan¹ seoi² haan¹ lik⁶ ge³ fong¹ sik¹ daat⁶ zi³ lou⁵ baan² ngaan⁵ zung¹ ge³ zeoi³ gou¹ haau⁶ leot^6-2 jau⁵ nang⁴ zi¹ si⁶. [Jyutping]
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