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胡說八道

wu4 syut3 baat3 dou6

talk nonsense | Cant.: 發噏風; 亂噏

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

胡說八道

This word was added by tym on 22nd Aug 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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胡 wu4 hu2 hu4 - blunder; stupidly; confusedly
說 syut3 seoi3 jyut6 shuo1 rui4 tuo1 {shui4} {yue4} - say
八 baat3 ba1 - eight
道 dou6 dao4 - path, road, the way; method

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