做又三十六，唔做又三十六

Chinese

	to do; to make; to produce	(once) again; also; both... and... (once) again; also; both... and...; again	thirty-six; 36		hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not	to do; to make; to produce	(once) again; also; both... and... (once) again; also; both... and...; again	thirty-six; 36
simp. and trad. (做又三十六，唔做又三十六)	做	又	三十六	，	唔	做	又	三十六
alternative forms	做又36，唔做又36
Literally: “doing [one's job, one] gets [a salary of] thirty-six, not doing [one's job, the salary is] also thirty-six”.

做又三十六，唔做又三十六

(Cantonese) the payoffs or outcomes are always the same, whether one is doing the job properly or not (suggests that one should not put effort into doing their work)

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