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水瓜打狗,唔見咗一截
  seoi2 gwaa1 daa2 gau2 m4 gin3 zo2 jat1 zit6   jyutping
to lose half of something

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
水瓜打狗,唔見咗一截

This word has been viewed 71 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 9th Jul 2008 07:43 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 seoi2  -  water; liquid, juice; [slang] money
 gwaa1  -  gourd; melon
 daa2 daa1  -  hit; strike | dozen
 gau2  -  dog
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 m4 ng4  -  no;, not, negation
 gin3 jin6  -  see; meet; view; show evidence of
 zo2  -  (perfective aspect)
 jat1  -  number one
 zit6  -  cut; intercept; section
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