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吃大鍋飯

hek3 daai6 wo1 faan6

chi1 da4 guo1 fan4

to mess together

Level: 3
This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

吃大鍋飯

This word was added by bybell on 27th Mar 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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吃 hek3 jaak3 chi1 - eat
大 daai6 da4 dai4 - big
鍋 wo1 guo3 guo1 - [1] [n] pan; cooking-pot; boiler; caldron [2]
飯 faan6 fan4 - cooked rice

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