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踩嚫條尾
  caai2 can1 tiu4 mei5   jyutping
offend someone; hit/strike/touch a nerve; get under sb's skin
[literal] step on sb's tail

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
踩嚫條尾 / 踩亲条尾

This word has been viewed 1573 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 28th May 2007 22:08 and last edited on 2nd Jun 2017 03:59
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Characters in this word:

 caai2 jaai2  -  step on; demean; peddle
 can1  -  every time; adversely
 tiu4  -  long narrow piece
 mei5  -  tail; rear; end; remnant
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