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飲勝
jam2 sing3 |
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cheers; bottoms up (lit. "drink to victory") | Mand.: 乾杯 Cantonese avoid the use of 乾杯 as in Mandarin because 乾 means “dry” or “lacking money”, which is considered as inauspicious. The near opposite of “lacking money” is “winning money”. So 勝, meaning “win”, is chosen to replace 乾.
Level: 3 Google Frequency: 3,020 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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飲勝 / 饮胜 | ||
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Characters in this word:飲 jam2 - drink勝 sing3 sing1 - win; excel; competent |
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