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險過剃頭
him2 gwo3 tai3 tau4
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a close shave; a narrow escape; just got out of a risky situation lit. more risky than shaving one's head  Additional PoS:  Level: 4 Google Frequency: 507 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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This word has been viewed 1811 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 25th Jul 2012 01:55 |
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Characters in this word:險 him2 - dangerous; danger; sinister; nearly過 gwo3 - pass through; across 剃 tai3 - [v] shave 頭 tau4 - head; first; chief |
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