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阿茂整餅
  aa3 mau6 zing2 beng2   jyutping
doing something pointless, meaningless or unnecessary; a stupid action; striking an attitude

This is the first part of a 歇後語 which has 嗰樣嗰樣 as the second (usually not hidden) part. Literally, it means Mr Stupid (阿茂) makes cakes -making new shapes out from nothing to model on. It now acquires a derogatory sense.
Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
阿茂整餅

This word has been viewed 1909 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 28th May 2007 22:03 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 aa3 o1  -  prefix to a name; flatter
 mau6  -  luxuriant; exuberant; excellent
 zing2  -  neat; tidy; whole; complete
 beng2  -  cake; biscuit
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