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寧教人打仔，莫教人分妻
ning4 gaau3 jan4 daa2 zai2, mok6 gaau3 jan4 fan1 cai1
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prefer to teach a person how to hit their children, instead of teaching a person to separate from their wife  Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 5715 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 11th Dec 2007 07:14 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:寧 ning4 - peaceful; would rather教 gaau3 gaau1 - teach; religion 人 jan4 - person; human being 打 daa2 daa1 - hit; strike | dozen 仔 zai2 zi2 - son; child ， - (not in database) 莫 mok6 - not, don't; none, nothing 教 gaau3 gaau1 - teach; religion 人 jan4 - person; human being 分 fan1 fan6 - divide; distribute; distinguish; point 妻 cai1 cai3 - wife |
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