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有氣冇埞唞

jau5 hei3 mou5 deng6 tau2

to be extremely busy; to be out of breath

This follows the pattern 有 noun 冇 noun verb. Other examples: 有錢冇命享、有車冇埞泊、有時間冇埞去、有工冇人做、有料冇人請、有理由都冇人情講。

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

有氣冇埞唞

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
氣 hei3 qi4 - gas; air; breath; anger
冇 mou5 mao3; mou3 - do not have
埞 deng6 - place
唞 tau2 dou3 - [Cantonese] [v] rest; take a rest

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