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Idiom |
jyutping |
pinyin |
Meaning |
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似曾相識
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ci5 cang4 soeng1 sik1 |
si4 ceng2 xiang1 shi2 |
deja vu; faintly familiar |
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有拖冇欠
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jau5 to1 mou5 him3 |
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delayed but not denied |
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山珍海味
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saan1 zan1 hoi2 mei6*2 |
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delicacies |
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供不應求
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gung1 bat1 jing3 kau4 |
gong1 bu4 ying4 qiu2 |
demand exceeds supply (literal: supply less than demand) |
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妖魔鬼怪
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jiu2 mo1 gwai2 gwaai3 |
yao1 mo2 gui3 guai4 |
demons and ghosts |
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魑魅魍魎
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ci1 mei6 mong5 loeng5 |
chi1 mei4 wang3 liang3 |
demons and monsters; evil spirits |
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重色輕友
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cung5 sik1 hing1 jau5 |
zhong4 se4 qing1 you3 |
describes a person who treats love interests better than friends |
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千峯萬壑
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cin1 fung1 maan6 kok3 |
qian1 feng1 wan4 he4 |
describes rolling hills with overlapping peaks and valleys |
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除褲隔渣
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ceoi4 fu3 gaak3 zaa1 |
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describes someone who has a miserly appearance |
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心灰意冷
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sam1 fui1 ji3 laang5 |
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despair |
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流離失所
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lau4 lei4 sat1 so2 |
liu2 li2 shi1 suo3 |
destitute and homeless; forced from one's home and wandering about, displaced |
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瘡痍滿目
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cong1 ji4 mun5 muk6 |
chuang1 yi2 man3 mu4 |
destruction meets the eye everywhere |
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冇大冇細
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mou5 daai6 mou5 sai3 |
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detachment between parents and their adolescent children |
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恨之入骨
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han6 zi1 jap6 gwat1 |
hen4 zhi1 ru4 gu3 |
detest; hate sb's guts; loathe |
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年三十晚謝灶──好做唔做
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nin4 saam1 sap6 maan5 ze6 zou3 hou2 zou6 m4 zou6 |
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did not do what one should have done |
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壽終正寢
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sau6 zung1 zing3 cam2 |
shou4 zhong1 zheng4 qin3 |
die a natural death of old age in one's bed |
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剖腹藏珠
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fau2 fuk1 cong4 zyu1 |
pou1[PRC] pou3 [TW] fu4 cang2 zhu1 |
die for the purpose of gain; disregard one's life to amass riches |
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不得好死
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bat1 dak1 hou2 sei2 |
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die in one's shoes |
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馬上風
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maa5 soeng6 fung1 |
ma3 shang4 feng1 |
die while having sex |
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殊途同歸
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syu4 tou4 tung4 gwai1 |
shu1 tu2 tong2 gui1 |
different means to an end |
