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叫好不叫座
  giu3 hou2 bat1 giu3 zo6   jyutping
  jiao4 hao3 bu4 jiao4 zuo4   pinyin
good on paper, but not a blockbuster; a box office flop despite raving reviews

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
叫好不叫座

This word has been viewed 1381 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 27th Oct 2012 06:43 and last edited on 6th Mar 2015 04:10
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Characters in this word:

 giu3  -  called; be known as
 hou2 hou3  -  good; very; friendly; healthy; ready
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 giu3  -  called; be known as
 zo6  -  seat; stand; base; pedestal
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