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趁熱食

can3 jit6 sik6

eat it while it's hot (Standard Chinese: 趁熱吃)

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 1,280

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

趁熱食

This word was added by claw on 12th Sep 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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趁 can3 zhen3 zhen1 nian3 chen2 chen4 - [1] [v] take advantage of; avail oneself to [2
熱 jit6 re4 - hot
食 sik6 zi6 ji6 shi2 yi4 {si4} - eat

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