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無根無蔃

mou4 gan1 mou4 koeng2

without roots; not rooted

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

Level: 3

無根無蔃

無 mou4 wu2 - not; negative; don't have
根 gan1 gen1 - [1] [n] root of a plant [2] [n] base; foundati
無 mou4 wu2 - not; negative; don't have
蔃 koeng2 / goeng2 - [1] roots of plants [2] (slang) cigarrette

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一個人喺異鄉無根無蔃，咩都要靠自己，真唔容易粵 edit
To be alone in a foreign place without the support from family or society, one has to be very independent; and that can be very trying.

This word was added by bernard on 3rd Mar 2008

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