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話事
  waa6 si6   jyutping
  hua4 shi4   pinyin
call the shots; be sb's call; have the final say; take charge of a situation
[synonym] 揸弗 | [] 作主

verb

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
話事 / 话事

This word has been viewed 1855 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 12th Jun 2007 08:09 and last edited on 5th Feb 2016 14:44
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Characters in this word:

 waa6 waa2  -  word; talk; speak; language
 si6  -  matter; affair; job; work; accident

4 compounds containing this word:

話事偈 - indicates that what sb has said is worth noting (also 話齋)
話事人 - the person in charge
打自己工,自己話事 - one is the boss, one can be in charge
話事啤 - show hand poker
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