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開口夾著脷

hoi1 hau2 gaap3 zyu3 lei6

say something that causes pain or embarrassment

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3

開口夾著脷

開 hoi1 kai1 - open
口 hau2 kou3 - mouth
夾 gaap3 jia1 jia2 - press from both sides; wedged between; clip
著 zyu3 zoek3 zoek6 zhu4 zhuo2 - celebrated; wear
脷 lei6 - tongue

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佢唔單只問得好溜，講話重開口夾著脷添粵 edit
Not only does he asks peculiar questions, he says things that causes embarassment.

This word was added by bernard on 18th Jan 2008

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