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日頭唔好講人,夜晚唔好講鬼
  jat6 tau4*2 m4 hou2 gong2 jan4, je6 maan5 m4 hou2 gong2 gwai2   jyutping
speak of the devil

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
日頭唔好講人,夜晚唔好講鬼

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Characters in this word:

 jat6  -  sun; day
 tau4  -  head; first; chief
 m4  -  not; no
 hou2 hou3  -  good; very; friendly; healthy; ready
 gong2  -  say; speak
 jan4  -  person; human being
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 je6  -  night; dark, darkness
 maan5  -  night, late
 m4  -  not; no
 hou2 hou3  -  good; very; friendly; healthy; ready
 gong2  -  say; speak
 gwai2  -  ghost; devil; dishonest; terrible
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