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拳不離手，曲不離口
kyun4 bat1 lei4 sau2 kuk1 bat1 lei4 hau2
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no day without a line [Lit.] the (boxer's) fist can't leave the hand and the song can't leave the (singer's) mouth [Syn.] 拳不離手，詞不離口  Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1920 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 14th Jul 2008 12:46 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:拳 kyun4 - fist; various forms of boxing不 bat1 - not; no; un- 離 lei4 - leave; away from 手 sau2 - hand ， - (not in database) 曲 kuk1 - bent; curved; wrong; unjust; song; music 不 bat1 - not; no; un- 離 lei4 - leave; away from 口 hau2 - mouth |
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