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孱仔強

saan4 zai2 koeng4

frail ; easily fall sick [Var.] 潺仔強

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

孱仔強

This word was added by Steph_fr on 29th Sep 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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孱 caan3 saan4 zaan6 zhan4 zhan1 jian1 can4 chan2 - weak; unfit; frail; feeble
仔 zai2 zi2 zai3 zi1 - son; child; small animal
強 koeng4 koeng5 goeng6 qiang2 jiang3 {qiang3} {jiang4} - strong; powerful; vigorous; obstinate

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