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勢利眼
  sai3 lei6 ngaan5   jyutping
  shi4 li5 yan3   pinyin
to be a snob; to be self-interested | []: 白鴿眼, 勢利

verb

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

This word has been viewed 1442 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 9th Jun 2007 20:18 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 sai3  -  power; situation; posture
 lei6, lai6  -  profit; gains; benefit; serve
 ngaan5  -  eye
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