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坐冷板凳
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hold a title without any obligations of office; be kept waiting long for an assignment or an audience with a VIP Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1749 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 21st Dec 2007 16:36 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:坐 co5 zo6 - sit; seat; travel by冷 laang5 laang5*1 - cold; cool; chilly 板 baan2 - plank; board 凳 dang3 - chair (oral) |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).