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擺明車馬
  baai2 ming4 geoi1 maa5   jyutping
[1] (in a chess game) to have the horse and chariot in the battle formation [2] by extension this means that sb is up front (has clear intentions) | also 開明車馬

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
擺明車馬

This word has been viewed 1970 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 8th Mar 2008 20:41 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 baai2  -  lay; display; state clearly; wave
 ming4  -  bright, clear
 ce1 geoi1  -  cart; vehicle; car
 maa5  -  horse
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