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胡亂拉人
  wu4 lyun6 laai1 jan4   jyutping
  hu2 luan4 la1 ren2   pinyin
to arrest someone without a good reason

verb

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
胡亂拉人 / 胡乱拉人

This word has been viewed 1662 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 22nd Feb 2008 12:25 and last edited on 24th Sep 2013 23:05
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Characters in this word:

 wu4  -  recklessly; foreign; why; (surname)
 lyun6  -  disorderly; upset; indiscriminately
 laai1 laai6 laap6  -  pull; drag; haul; lead; play; solicit; seize
 jan4  -  person; human being
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