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Idiom |
jyutping |
pinyin |
Meaning |
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知書識字
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zi1 syu1 sik1 zi6 |
zhi1 shu1 shi2 zi4 |
literate |
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醉生夢死
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zeoi3 sang1 mung6 sei2 |
zui4 sheng1 meng4 si3 |
live a befuddled life of drinking and sleeping |
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離群索居
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lei4 kwan4 sok3 geoi1 |
lin2 qun2 suo3 ju1 |
live a life secluded from others; live in solitude |
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簞食瓢飲
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daan1 sik6 piu4 jam2 |
dan1 si4 piao2 yin3 |
live in poverty |
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餐搵餐食
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caan1 wan2 caan1 sik6 |
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living from hand to mouth |
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窮愁潦倒
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kung4 sau4 lou5 dou2 |
qiong2 chou2 liao2 dao3 |
living in poverty and feeling dispirited |
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寅食卯糧
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jan4 sik6 maau5 loeng4 |
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living on credit |
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本地薑唔辣
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bun2 dei6 goeng1 m4 laat6 |
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local people or things aren't as valued as outside ones |
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流離浪蕩
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lau4 lei4 long6*5 dong6 |
liu2 li2 lang4 dang4 |
loiter about aimlessly; destitute and homeless |
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天煞孤星
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tin1 saat3 gu1 sing1 |
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lonely forever |
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孤家寡人
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gu1 gaa1 gwaa2 jan4 |
gu1 jia1 gua3 ren2 |
loner |
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夢寐以求
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mung6 mei6 ji5 kau4 |
meng4 mei4 yi3 qiu2 |
long for sth., sth. that one craves after to the point that one even dreams about it |
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三思而後行
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saam3 si1 ji4 hau6 hang4 |
san1 si1 er2 hou4 xing2 |
look before you leap |
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黑口黑面
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hak1 hau2 hak1 min6 |
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look displeased; ill-humoured |
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兇神惡煞
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hung1 san4 ok3 saat3 |
xiong1 shen2 e4 sha4 |
look fierce and insidious; look vicious and intimidating |
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另謀高就
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ling6 mau4 gou1 zau6 |
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look for a better opportunity when resigning from a job |
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望眼欲穿
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mong6 ngaan5 juk6 cyun1 |
wang4 yan3 yu4 chuan1 |
look forward with eager anticipation |
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隔岸觀火
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gaak3 ngon6 gun1 fo2 |
ge2 an4 guan1 huo3 |
look on unconcerned while sb. is in trouble or danger; be indifferent to the problems of others |
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聲東擊西
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sing1 dung1 gik1 sai1 |
sheng1 dong1 ji1 xi1 |
look one way and row another |
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好自為之
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hou2 zi6 wai4 zi1 |
hao3 zi4 wei2 zhi1 |
look out for oneself |
