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大汗沓細汗
daai6 hon6 daap6 sai3 hon6 |
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sweating profusely, usually while undertaking laborious manual work [lit] drenched in layers of big beads of sweat over small beads of sweat While this expression can stand alone as a separate idiom, it is also the second part of a 歇後語 which has 鐵木真打仔 as the first part. The word pun comes from the verb 沓 [daap6] which sounds close to 𢱕 [dap6], meaning 打 'beat'.
variant: 大汗搭細汗 |
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Characters in this word:大 daai6 - big汗 hon6 hon4 - sweat 沓 daap6 - block; pile up 細 sai3 - small 汗 hon6 hon4 - sweat |
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