鐵木真打仔 (tit3 muk6 zan1 daa2 zai2 | ) : sweat profusely

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鐵木真打仔

tit3 muk6 zan1 daa2 zai2

sweat profusely; sweat a lot
[lit] Genghis Khan beat his son.

This is the first part of a 歇後語 which has 大汗𢱕(沓)細汗 as the second (not always hidden) part.
鐵木真 is better known as Genghis Khan (成吉思汗), the Great Khan (大汗). So, 鐵木真打仔 = 大汗𢱕細汗 = Great (big) Khan beat small khan" where 𢱕 means "beat".
The word puns come from 汗 which means both "khan" and "sweat" and from 𢱕 [dap6] which sounds like 沓 [daap6]. 大汗沓細汗 is a very common Cantonese expression that literally means "big beads of sweat layering on small beads of sweat", i.e. to sweat profusely.

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

鐵木真打仔 / 铁木真打仔

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鐵 tit3 - iron; arms; ironclad; strong; cruel
木 muk6 - tree; wood
真 zan1 - true; real; factual
打 daa2 daa1 - hit; strike | dozen
仔 zai2 zi2 - son; child

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