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膾炙人口

kui2 zek3 jan4 hau2

kuai4 zhi4 ren2 kou3

widely known and praised

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

膾炙人口

This word was added by jsrwang on 7th Aug 2008 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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膾 kui2 kuai4 - minced meat
炙 zek3 zhi4 - roasted meat
人 jan4 jan4*2 ren2 - person
口 hau2 kou3 - mouth

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阿妹的歌首首都膾炙人口國 edit
A-mei's songs are all widely known.

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