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的起心肝

dik1 hei2 sam1 gon1

to make a serious effort to do sth (esp when procrastinating about it)

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

的起心肝

This word was added by bybell on 28th May 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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的 dik1 de5 di2 di4 - possessive suffix
起 hei2 qi3 - to start; rise; get up
心 sam1 xin1 - heart
肝 gon1 gan1 - liver

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