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Idiom |
jyutping |
pinyin |
Meaning |
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美不勝收
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mei5 bat1 sing3 sau1 |
mei3 bu4 sheng4 shou1 |
nothing more beautiful can be imagined |
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話不投機半句多
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waa6 bat1 tau4 gei1 bun3 geoi3 do1 |
hua4 bu4 tou3 ji1 ban4 ju4 duo1 |
nothing to say to each other (half a sentence seems too much) |
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不足為奇
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bat1 zuk1 wai4 kei4 |
bu4 zu2 wei2 qi2 |
nothing worth being suprised about |
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臭名昭著
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cau3 ming4 ciu1 zyu3 |
chou4 ming2 zhao1 zhu4 |
notorious; infamous; ill-famed; be of ill repute |
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恭敬不如從命
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gung1 ging3 bat1 jyu4 cung4 ming6 |
gong1 jing4 bu4 ru2 cong2 ming4 |
obedience is greater than politeness |
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恨死隔籬
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han6 sei2 gaak3 lei4 |
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object of great envy |
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獐頭鼠目
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zoeng1 tau4 syu2 muk4 |
zhang1 tou2 shu3 mu4 |
obnoxiously ugly and shrewd-looking |
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百無禁忌
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baak3 mou4 gam3 gei6 |
bai3 wu2 jin4 ji4 |
observe no taboos |
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大勢已去
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daai6 sai3 ji5 heoi3 |
da4 shi4 yi3 qu4 |
of a situation to be hopeless or irretrievable |
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小鳥依人
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siu2 niu5 ji1 jan4 |
xiao3 niao3 yi1 ren2 |
of a tender and lovely girl to lean against sb. just like a little bird |
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身嬌肉貴
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san1 giu1 yuk6 gwai3 |
shen1 jiao1 rou4 gui4 |
of a women to be delicate and fragile |
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明刀明槍
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ming4 dou1 ming4 coeng1 |
ming2 dao1 ming2 qiang1 |
of an attacker to reveal his intent to attack, not by suprise; to show one's weapons |
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目光如豆
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muk6 gwong1 jyu4 dau6*2 |
mu4 guan1 ru2 dou4 |
of narrow vision; shortsighted |
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屢見不鮮
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leoi5 gin3 bat1 sin2 |
lv3 jian4 bu4 xian3 |
of sth. to be commonplace; pretty much an everyday occurance |
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涕泗縱橫
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tai3 si3 zung1 waang4 |
ti4 si4 zong1 heng2 |
of tears and snivel to be streaming down |
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涕泗交流
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tai3 si3 gaau1 lau4 |
ti4 si4 jiao1 liu2 |
of tears and snivel to simultaneously be streaming down |
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蠶食鯨吞
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caam4 sik6 king4 tan1 |
can2 shi2 jing1 tun1 |
of the powerful to gradually seize and occupy or swallow up that of the weak |
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踩嚫條尾
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caai2 can1 tiu4 mei5 |
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offend someone |
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有礙觀瞻
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jau5 ngoi6 gun1 zim1 |
you3 ai4 guan1 zhan1 |
offensive to the eye; unsightly; impeding one's view |
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傾囊相助
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king1 nong4 soeng1 zo6 |
qing1 nang2 xiang1 zhu4 |
offer generous monetary assitance; empty one's wallet to help sb. |
