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臨天光瀨尿
  lam4 tin1 gwong1 laai6 niu6   jyutping
to fail when success is within grasp (lit., "to wet the bed just before sunrise")

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
臨天光瀨尿

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Characters in this word:

 lam4  -  overlook; face; arrive; copy
 tin1  -  sky, heaven
 gwong1  -  light; shine
 laai6  -  rice noodle; sprinkle; rapids
尿  niu6  -  urine; urinate

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail 尿  lam4 tin1 gwong1 laai6 niu6   = a last minute failure in sth that seemed guaranteed success


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