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Idiom |
jyutping |
pinyin |
Meaning |
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畫公仔畫出腸
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waak6 gung1 zai2 waak6 ceot1 coeng4*2 |
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too explicit in description, "too much information" |
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僧多粥少
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zang1 do1 zuk1 siu2 |
seng1 duo1zhou1 shao3 |
too few jobs for too many people (lit., "many monks, little gruel") |
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食人隻車
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sik6 jan4 zek3 geoi1 |
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too greedy |
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慘不忍睹
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caam2 bat1 jan2 dou2 |
can3 bu4 ren3 du3 |
too horrible to look at |
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迫不及待
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bik1 bat1 kap6 doi6 |
po4 bu4 ji2 dai4 |
too impatient to wait; unable to hold oneself back |
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七手八腳
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cat1 sau2 baat3 goek3 |
qi1 shou3 ba1 jiao3 |
too many people doing something |
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目不暇接
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muk6 bat1 haa6 zip3 |
mu4 bu4 xia2 jie1 |
too many things for the eye to capture; far too much for one take in one viewing |
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目不暇給
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muk6 bat1 haa6 kap1 |
mu4 bu4 xia2 ji3 |
too much for one's eyes to capture; to fast for own to catch a glimpse of |
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猝不及防
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cyut3 bat1 kap6 fong4 |
cu4 bu4 ji2 fang2 |
too sudden and caught off-guard |
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左右為難
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zo2 jau6 wai4 naan4 |
zuo3 you4 wei2 nan2 |
torn between; in a dilemma |
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傾盆大雨
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king1 pun4 daai6 jyu5 |
qing1 pen2 da4 yu3 |
torrential rain; heavy rainfall; raining cats and dogs |
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攪到滿天神佛
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gaau2 dou3 mun5 tin1 san4 fat6 |
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totally disordered, in a mess |
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亂七八糟
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lyun6 cat1 baat3 zou1 |
luan4 qi1 ba1 zao1 |
totally disordered, in a mess; at sixes and sevens |
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不識之無
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bat1 sik1 zi1 mou4 |
bu4 shi4 (TW) / shi2 (PRC) zhi1 wu2 |
totally illiterate; uneducated |
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大吉利是
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daai6 gat1 lai6 si6 |
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touch wood |
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大吉利事
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daai6 gat1 lei6 si6 |
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touch wood |
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易地而處
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jik6 dei6 ji4 cyu2 |
yi4 di4 er2 chu3 |
trade places |
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呆若木雞
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ngoi4 joek6 muk6 gai1 |
dai1 ruo4 mu4 ji1 |
transfixed, dumbstruck, dumb as a wooden chicken |
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化腐朽為神奇
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faa3 fu2 nau2 wai4 san4 kei4 |
hua4 fu3 xiu3 wei2 shen2 qi2 |
transform something rotten into something magical |
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人無千日好，花無百日紅
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jan4 mou4 cin1 jat6 hou2, faa1 mou4 baak3 jat6 hung4 |
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treasure what you have, since it cannot be good forever |
