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七手八腳

cat1 sau2 baat3 goek3

qi1 shou3 ba1 jiao3

too many people doing something (either in a helter-skelter fashion or along the lines of "too many cooks spoil the soup")

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 151,000

七手八腳

七 cat1 qi1 - seven
手 sau2 shou3 - hand
八 baat3 ba1 - eight
腳 goek3 jue2 jiao3 - foot; feet

This word was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 29th Nov 2006

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