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險過剃頭

him2 gwo3 tai3 tau4

a close shave - (just got out of) a situation in which it was more risky/dangerous than shaving your head.

Level: 4 Google Frequency: 507

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

險過剃頭

This word was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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險 him2 yan2 wei3 shan3 xian3 - [1] dangerous; [2] obstructed; difficult
過 gwo3 guo4 guo5 - pass through; across
剃 tai3 ti4 - [v] shave
頭 tau4 tau4*2 tou2 {tou5} - head

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