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水葫蘆

seoi2 wu4 lou4*2

shui3 hu2 lu5

a water hyacinth

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

水葫蘆

This word was added by bybell on 23rd Feb 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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水 seoi2 shui3 - water; liquid, juice; [slang] money
葫 wu4 hu1 hu2 - the bottle-gourd; the calabash
蘆 lou4 luo2 lu3 lu2 {lu5} | lu5 {luo2 - [1] [n] rushes; reeds [2] [n] gourds

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