易過借火 (ji6 gwo3 ze3 fo2 | ) : too easy (lit., "as easy as asking another smoker to help light up a cigarette")

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易過借火

ji6 gwo3 ze3 fo2

too easy (lit., "as easy as asking another smoker to help light up a cigarette")

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

易過借火

This word has been viewed 1693 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 27th Jul 2007 20:01 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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易 ji6 jik6 - easy; change
過 gwo3 - pass through; across
借 ze3 - borrow; lend
火 fo2 - fire

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