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  nung1   jyutping
  nong4   pinyin
scorch; burn

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Level: 3

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
This character was added by theABC on 29th Jul 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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detail  caau2 nung1   = to lose through speculation
detail  bou1 nung1 faan6   = to overcook rice
detail  kung4 dou3 nung1  qiong2 dao4 nong2 = [俗] very poor


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If you add too little water, you will burn the rice.

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