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拜神唔見雞
baai3 san4 m4 gin3 gai1
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murmuring a complaint; bustle in and out with a murmur; speak indistinctly to oneself [lit] to find the chicken missing when presenting offerings to the gods 拜神唔見雞 is the first part of a 歇後語 which has 稟神噉聲 as the hidden part. 稟神噉聲 literally means "mumbling prayers as a worshipper". But now the chicken is gone, so his/her prayers turn into a complaint.
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Characters in this word:拜 baai3 - visit, salute神 san4 - god; divinity; spirit; supernatural; weird 唔 m4 - not; no 見 gin3 jin6 - see; meet; view; show evidence of 雞 gai1 - chicken |
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