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屍骨未寒
  si1 gwat1 mei6 hon4   jyutping
  shi1 gu3 wei4 han2   pinyin
it hasn't been long after a person died:
[Lit.] Corpse and bones are not yet cold (cool down)

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
屍骨未寒 / 尸骨未寒

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Characters in this word:

 si1  -  dead body
 gwat1  -  bone; skeleton; framework
 mei6  -  not yet, not
 hon4  -  cold; wintry; chilly
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