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Idiom |
jyutping |
pinyin |
Meaning |
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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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偷龍轉鳳
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tau1 lung4 zyun2 fung6 |
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make a secret substitution; secretly steal a male child and substitute a female child |
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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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飛簷走壁
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fei1 sim4 zau2 bek3 |
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make one's way over roofs and walls |
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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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既來之，則安之
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gei3 loi4 zi1 zak1 on1 zi1 |
ji4 lai2 zhi1 ji4 an1 zhi1 |
make the best out of the situation that one is in |
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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 |
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順水推舟
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seon6 seoi2 teoi1 zau1 |
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make use of an opportunity to gain one's end (lit., "push the boat along with the current") |
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大事化小,小事化無
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daai6 si6 faa3 siu2, siu2 si6 faa3 mou4 |
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making a big problem into a small problem |
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越幫越忙
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jyut6 bong1 jyut6 mong4 |
yue4 bang1 yue4 mang2 |
making things worse |
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人心叵測
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jan4 sam1 po2 cak1 |
ren2 xin1 po3 ce4 |
man's heart is incomprehensible |
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積少成多
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zik1 siu2 sing4 do1 |
ji1 shao3 cheng2 duo1 |
many a little makes a mickle |
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千山萬水
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cin1 saan1 maan6 seoi2 |
qian1 shan1 wan4 shui3 |
many mountains and rivers; a long journey |
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同床異夢
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tung4 cong4 ji6 mung6 |
tong2 chuang2 yi4 meng4 |
marital dissension |
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淘古井
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tou4 gu2 zeng2 |
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marry a rich widow |
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蟻多摟死象
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ngai5 do1 lau1 sei2 zoeng6 |
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mass is strength |
