He was fired at the end of the month. He only got several thousand dollars in his bank account, but he still bought cakes for his co-workers on his last day of work.
Cantonese
个零银钱
個零銀錢
go3 leng4 ngan4 cin2
a dollar and a bit
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
你看人家的孩子又漂亮又有才,你却考个零分。
你看人家的孩子又漂亮又有才,你卻考個零分。
nǐ kàn rén jia de hái zi yòu piào liàng yòu yǒu cái , nǐ què kǎo ge líng fēn .
Look at how other people's children are all not only pretty, but also talented. And you? Scored zero on your exam. (mother to child)
Mandarin
对一个零件进行逆向工程
對一個零件進行逆向工程
duì yī ge líng jiàn jìn xíng nì xiàng gōng chéng
to reverse-engineer a spare part
Mandarin
你看人家的孩子又漂亮又有才,你却考个零分。
你看人家的孩子又漂亮又有才,你卻考個零分。
nǐ kàn rén jiā de hái zi yòu piào liàng yòu yǒu cái , nǐ què kǎo ge líng fēn .
Look at how other people's children are all not only pretty, but also talented. And you? Scored zero on your exam. (mother to child)