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急公好義
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zealous for the common well; public-spirited; zealous for public interests Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1433 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 21st Dec 2007 16:38 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:急 gap1 - urgent; desperate公 gung1 - public; common; international; impartial 好 hou2 hou3 - good; very; friendly; healthy; ready 義 ji6 - justice; righteous; adopted; artificial |
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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).