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見過鬼怕黑
  gin3 gwo3 gwai2 paa3 hak1   jyutping
A burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten, twice shy
[lit] Once somebody has seen a ghost he will forever be afraid of darkness

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
見過鬼怕黑 / 见过鬼怕黑

This word has been viewed 2013 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 1st Jan 2006 00:16 and last edited on 26th Sep 2012 03:38
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Characters in this word:

 gin3 jin6  -  see; meet; view; show evidence of
 gwo3  -  pass through; across
 gwai2  -  ghost; devil; dishonest; terrible
 paa3  -  fear; dread; afraid of; perhaps
 hak1 haak1  -  black; dark; secret; wicked
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