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得把聲

dak1 baa2 seng1

all talk and no action

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 3,610

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

得把聲

This word was added by claw on 20th Jul 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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得 dak1 de2 de5 dei3 - get; obtain; need
把 baa2 ba3 ba1 {ba4} - handle, hold, grasp; take
聲 sing1 seng1 sheng1 - sound; noise; tone

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