抰嚟抰去 (joeng2*1 lai4 joeng2*1 heoi3 | ) : pushing (the gift) back and forth; hesitation in acceptance of a gift

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抰嚟抰去

joeng2*1 lai4 joeng2*1 heoi3

pushing (the gift) back and forth; hesitation in acceptance of a gift

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

抰嚟抰去

This word has been viewed 1833 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bernard on 18th May 2009 16:22

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抰 joeng2 - unwrap; shake off
嚟 lai4 lei4 - come
抰 joeng2 - unwrap; shake off
去 heoi3 heoi2 - go; leave; past; remove

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小小心意你咪受落啲禮物囉唔好抰嚟抰去粵
It is a small token of appreciation, just accept the simple gift instead of pushing it back and forth.

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