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冷暖自知
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self- awareness; lit. the person who drinks it knows best if its hot or cold (Zen proverb) Level: 0 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:冷 laang5 laang5*1 - cold; cool; chilly暖 nyun5 - warm 自 zi6 - self; private; personal 知 zi1 zi3 - know; knowledge; inform |
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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).