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手尾
  sau2 mei5   jyutping
(to tie up) loose ends

nounAdditional PoS: verb

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

This word has been viewed 1990 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 29th Jun 2008 06:21 and last edited on 24th Jan 2009 05:44
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Characters in this word:

 sau2  -  hand
 mei5  -  tail; rear; end; remnant

5 compounds containing this word:

跟手尾 - to fix sb else's screwed-up work
冇手尾 - fail to finish what one has started; to have a strong beginning but a weak ending
執手尾 - to put things in order; to clean up
手尾長 - a problem likely to drag on
手尾流流長 - a problem likely to drag on

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  sau2 mei5   = from beginning to end; the beginning and the end
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