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雞啄唔斷

gai1 doeng1 m4 tyun5

non-stop chatter; talking too much

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

Level: 3

雞啄唔斷

雞 gai1 ji1 - chicken
啄 doek3 doeng1 zhuo2 - to peck
唔 m4 ng4 wu2 n2 ng2 - not
斷 tyun5 dyun6 dyun3 duan4 - [1] sever [2] give up [3] judge

This word was added by C Chiu on 6th Jun 2007 and last edited on 14th Jun 2007

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