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免死金牌
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death exemption plate; get out off jail free card; a plate bestowed by the emperor to his subjects in ancient times that would exempt them from the death penalty Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:免 min5 - avoid; spare from; dismiss from死 sei2 - die; death; dead 金 gam1 - gold 牌 paai4 - board; trademark; cards |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).