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拳不離手,曲不離口
  kyun4 bat1 lei4 sau2 kuk1 bat1 lei4 hau2   jyutping
  quan2 bu4 li4 shou3 qu1 bu4 li4 kou3   pinyin
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.]

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
拳不離手,曲不離口 / 拳不离手,曲不离口

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Characters in this word:

 kyun4  -  fist; various forms of boxing
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 lei4  -  leave; away from
 sau2  -  hand
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 kuk1  -  bent; curved; wrong; unjust; song; music
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 lei4  -  leave; away from
 hau2  -  mouth
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