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Adjective |
jyutping |
pinyin |
Meaning |
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水尾
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seoi2 mei5 |
shui3 wei3 |
of an opportunity to make quick money or easy profit to have waned away |
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咸豐年
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haam4 fung1 nin4 |
xian2 feng1 nian2 |
of old, many years ago |
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剛毅
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gong1 ngai4 |
gang1 yi4 |
of one's will steadfast; resolute |
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條命凍過水
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tiu4 meng6 dung3 gwo3 seoi2 |
tiao2 ming4 dong4 guo4 shui3 |
of one\'s life to be in imminent danger; looming danger |
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爆坼
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baau3 caak3 |
bao4 che4 |
of skin to become dry and chapped |
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屢見不鮮
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leoi5 gin3 bat1 sin2 |
lv3 jian4 bu4 xian3 |
of sth. to be commonplace; pretty much an everyday occurance |
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實枳枳
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sat6 zat1 zat1 |
shi2 zhi3 zhi3 |
of sth. to be plugged really tight |
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襟興
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kam1 hing1 |
jin1 xing1 |
of sth. to not go out of style; of sth. trendy to stand the test of time |
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爆線
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baau3 sin3 |
bao4 xian4 |
of threads to tear (at the seams) |
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撞期
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zong6 kei4 |
zhuang4 qi1 (PRC) qi2 (TW) |
of two events to conflict with each other time wise; of two seperate events to fall on the same date |
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弊傢伙
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bai6 gaa1 fo2 |
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Oh shit! |
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掂當
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dim6 dong3 |
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okay; proper |
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高齡
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gou1 ling4 |
gao1 ling2 |
old age; advancing in age; elderly |
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老餅
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lou5 beng2 |
lao3 bing3 |
old-fashioned; fuddy-duddy |
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省
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saang2 sing2 |
sheng3 xing3 |
omit; province; examine |
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徒
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tou4 |
tu2 |
on foot; disciple; guy; empty; merely |
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對出
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deoi3 ceot1 |
dui4 chu1 |
on the outside of; next to the outside of |
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搖搖欲墜
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jiu4 jiu4 juk6 zui6 |
yao2 yao2 yu4 zhui4 |
on the verge of collapse |
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甩甩離
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lat1 lat1 lei4 |
shuai3 shuai3 li2 |
on the verge of falling off; about to come off |
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作雨
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zok3 jyu5 |
zuo4 yu3 |
on the verge of raining |
