啞佬相見，默默無言 (aa2 lou2 soeng1 gin3 mak6 mak6 mou4 jin4 | ya3 lao3 xiang1 jian4 mo4 mo4 wu2 yan2) : when two mute people meet they are speechless; to have nothing to say to each other

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啞佬相見，默默無言

aa2 lou2 soeng1 gin3 mak6 mak6 mou4 jin4

ya3 lao3 xiang1 jian4 mo4 mo4 wu2 yan2

when two mute people meet they are speechless; to have nothing to say to each other

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

啞佬相見，默默無言 / 哑佬相见，默默无言

This word has been viewed 1633 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 15th Mar 2010 03:40 and last edited on 15th Mar 2010 05:28

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Characters in this word:

啞 aa2 ak1 - dumb; speechless; hoarse
佬 lou2 - guy, fellow, bloke, chap
相 soeng1 soeng3 soeng3*2 - mutually; appearance; photo
見 gin3 jin6 - see; meet; view; show evidence of
， - (not in database)
默 mak6 - silent; write from memory
默 mak6 - silent; write from memory
無 mou4 - not; negative; don't have
言 jin4 - words, speech

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