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大汗沓細汗
  daai6 hon6 daap6 sai3 hon6   jyutping
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 [daap6] which sounds close to 𢱕 [dap6], meaning 'beat'.

variant: 大汗
Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
大汗沓細汗

This word has been viewed 2185 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 30th Aug 2008 08:31 and last edited on 19th Jul 2009 14:51
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Characters in this word:

 daai6  -  big
 hon6 hon4  -  sweat
 daap6  -  block; pile up
 sai3  -  small
 hon6 hon4  -  sweat
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