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死人兼冧屋

sei2 jan4 gim1 lam3 uk1

bad things never come as solitary events (other bad things happen too)

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

死人兼冧屋

This word was added by bybell on 2nd Jun 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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死 sei2 si2 si3 - die, dead; death
人 jan4 jan4*2 ren2 - person
兼 gim1 jian1 - to unite (in one); to combine; to connect
冧 lam3 lam1 - collapse; sweet-talk
屋 uk1 wu1 - house

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