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人比人比死人
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comparisons are odious (lit. when a man compares himself with another person, the comparison will cause death) Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:人 jan4 - person; human being比 bei2 bei3 bei6 - compare with; liken to; than 人 jan4 - person; human being 比 bei2 bei3 bei6 - compare with; liken to; than 死 sei2 - die; death; dead 人 jan4 - person; human being |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).