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Idiom |
jyutping |
pinyin |
Meaning |
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望梅止渴
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mong6 mui4 zi2 hot3 |
wang4 mei2 zhi3 ke3 |
looking at something you think you already have but actually don't have |
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面青口唇白
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min6 ceng1 hau2 seon4 baak6 |
mian4 qing1 kou3 chun2 bai2 |
looking pale |
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趁墟打市
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can3 heoi1 daa2 si5 |
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loot a burning house, take adventage of sb.'s misfortune (lit., "to go to the market, to go to the fair") |
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打爛飯碗
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daa2 laan6 faan6 wun2 |
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lose a job |
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傾家蕩產
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king1 gaa1 dong6 caan2 |
qing1 jia1 dang4 chan3 |
lose all one's possesions; be reduced to ruin and poverty |
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陰盛陽衰
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jam1 sing6 joeng4 seoi1 |
yin1 sheng4 yang2 shuai1 |
lots of women and few men |
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好逸惡勞
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hou3 jat6 wu3 lou4 |
hao4 yi2 wu4 lao2 |
love leisure and hate work; indolent |
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薄利多銷
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bok6 lei6 do1 siu1 |
bo2 li4 duo1 xiao1 |
low profit margin but high transaction rate |
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忠心義氣
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zung1 sam1 ji6 hei3 |
zhong1 xin1 yi4 qi4 |
loyalty and righteousness |
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罪魁禍首
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zeoi6 fui1 wo6 sau2 |
zui4 kui2 huo4 shou3 |
main cause of a mishap; main thing or person responsible for something bad that happened |
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一掃而空
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jat1 sou3 ji4 hung1 |
yi1 sao3 er2 kong1 |
make a clean sweep of |
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長途跋涉
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coeng4 tou4 bat6 sip3 |
chang2 tu2 ba2 she4 |
make a long and arduous journey on foot; a long and difficult trek |
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鬼殺咁嘈
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gwai2 saat3 gam3 cou4 |
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make a loud noise |
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上綱上線
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soeng5 gong1 soeng5 sin3 |
shang4 gang1 shang4 xian4 |
make a mountain out of a molehill |
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裝模作樣
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zong1 mou4 zok3 joeng6 |
zhuang1 mu2 zuo4 yang4 |
make a pretense of |
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一本萬利
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jat1 bun2 maan6 lei6 |
yi1 ben3 wan4 li4 |
make big profit of a small capital |
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不遠千里
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bat1 jyun5 cin1 lei5 |
bu4 yuan3 qian1 li3 |
make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance |
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飛黃騰達
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fei1 wong4 tang4 daat6 |
fei1 huang2 teng2 da2 |
make rapid advances in one's career; have a meteoric rise |
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故弄玄虛
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gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1 |
gu4 nung4 xuan2 xu1 |
make things more complicated and mysterious than they are |
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唔衰攞嚟衰
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m4 seoi1 lo2 lai4 seoi1 |
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make trouble for oneself |
