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牽腸掛肚

hin1 coeng4 gwaa3 tou5

qian1 chang2 gua4 du4

worried and anxious

also 掛肚牽腸、牽肚掛腸、牽腸割肚、懸腸掛肚

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牽腸掛肚

牽 hin1 qian4/1 - drag; pull; lead along; tug
腸 coeng4 chang2 - intestines; bowels
掛 gwaa3 kwaa3 gua4 - [1] [v] hang up; suspend [2] ring off [3] [v]
肚 tou5 du4 {du3} - stomach

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快啲畀電話人啦，費時佢牽腸掛肚噃粵 edit
Give her a call. Don't make her worry.

This word was added by bernard on 23rd Mar 2008

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