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暗藏殺機
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to have an axe to grind (lit., "hiding a plan to kill") Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:暗 am3 - dark; dim; hidden藏 cong4 zong6 - hide; store; reserves; Tibet 殺 saat3 - kill, butcher; fight; abate; terribly 機 gei1 - machine |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
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: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).