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冇你咁好氣

mou5 nei5 gam3 hou2 hei3

to not bother with you anymore (literally: to not have as much breath as you) -- often used when one gives up in an argument where one cannot convince another person

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 923

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

冇你咁好氣

This word was added by claw on 26th Aug 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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冇 mou5 mao3; mou3 - do not have
你 nei5 ni3 - you
咁 gam3 gan1 xian2 - so
好 hou2 hou3 hao3 {hao4} - good, fine; very much
氣 hei3 qi4 - gas; air; breath; anger

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