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買燕梳

maai5 jin3 so1

to insure onself (against)

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

買燕梳

This word was added by bybell on 2nd Jan 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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買 maai5 mai3 - buy
燕 jin3 jin1 yan3 yan4 {yan1} | yan1 {yan3 y - [1] the swallow (bird) [2] comfort; ease [3] [
梳 so1 shu4 shu1 - comb; coarse comb; brush; bunch

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