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有姿勢冇實際

jau5 zi1 sai3 mou5 sat6 zai3

to appear to be something on the outside but in reality having no substance

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

有姿勢冇實際

This word was added by bybell on 19th Jul 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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有 jau5 jau6 you3 {you4} - have
姿 zi1 zi4 zi1 - one's manner; an air; carriage; bearing
勢 sai3 shi4 {shi5} | shi5 {shi4} - [1] power; force; influence; strength [2] [n]
冇 mou5 mao3; mou3 - do not have
實 sat6 shi2 zhi1 - real; true; actual; practically
際 zai3 ji4 - [1] [n] border; boundary; edge [2] (to occur)

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