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大惑不解

daai6 waak6 bat1 gaai2

da4 huo4 bu4 jie3

do not understand a certain thing

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

大惑不解

This word was added by bybell on 4th Apr 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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大 daai6 da4 dai4 - big
惑 waak6 huo4 {huo5} | huo5 {huo4} - [a] confuse; mislead; baffle [b] doubt
不 bat1 bu4 {fou3 fu1} - no, not; un-; negative prefix
解 gaai2 gaai3 jie3 {jie4} - solve, explanation

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