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眼中釘
  ngaan5 zung1 ding1   jyutping
  yan3 zhong1 ding1   pinyin
eyesore; thorn on one's side, person hated (lit., "nail in the eye")

noun

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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This word has been viewed 1728 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 19th Sep 2005 15:57 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 ngaan5  -  eye
 zung1 zung3  -  centre; middle; during; average; affected by
 deng1 ding1  -  nail; follow closely; urge
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