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三兩下手勢

saam1 loeng5 haa5 sau2 sai3

to work swiftly; quickly, "in no time"

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

Level: 3

三兩下手勢

三 saam1 saam3 san1 - three; several
兩 loeng5 loeng2 liang3 - two; pair
下 haa6 haa5 xia4 - down; under
手 sau2 shou3 - hand
勢 sai3 shi4 {shi5} | shi5 {shi4} - [1] power; force; influence; strength [2] [n]

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佢真利害，三兩下手勢就做低對手粵 edit
His opponent was defeated in no time. He is really formidable.

This word was added by bernard on 7th Feb 2008

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