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三分顏色上大紅
  saam1 fan1 ngaan4 sik1 soeng5 daai6 hung4   jyutping
[1] go beyond one's depth; overrrate one's own abilities; overreach onself
[2] to be greedy; to have won an inch and expect a mile; to push one's luck

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
三分顏色上大紅

This word has been viewed 1592 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 27th Jul 2007 19:57 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 saam1 saam3  -  three; several
 fan1 fan6  -  divide; distribute; distinguish; point
 ngaan4  -  colour; face; prestige
 sik1  -  colour
 soeng6 soeng5  -  upper; superior; preceding; up; on
 daai6  -  big
 hung4 gung1  -  red; successful; revolutionary; bonus
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