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苦瓜噉嘅面

fu2 gwaa1 gam2 ge3 min6

to look miserable

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3

苦瓜噉嘅面

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苦 fu2 ku3 gu3 hu4 ku4 - bitter
瓜 gwaa1 gua1 - melon
噉 gam2 - such; thus; like
嘅 ge3 ge2 - possessive/final particle
面 min6 mian4 - face of a person; surface

This word was added by bybell on 28th May 2007 and last edited on 19th Jun 2008

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