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女為悅己者容
neoi5 wai6 jyut6 gei2 ze2 jung4
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women get put on make-up for those whom they like; a girl will doll herself up for the one she loves  Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2401 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 11th Mar 2010 01:17 |
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Characters in this word:女 neoi5 neoi2 - woman; daughter為 wai4 wai6 - do, act; serve as; be; for 悅 jyut6 - delight; pleasure 己 gei2 - oneself; one's own 者 ze2 - he who; those who 容 jung4 - looks; appearance; forgive |
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