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雞髀打人牙骹軟
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to bribe someone with a small gift: [lit] to offer a chicken leg (a small gift), and in return, the other person's joints of jaw becomes loose which is a metaphor for either to put in some good words for you or to tell you information you wanted. [syn.國] 雞腿打人牙關軟 |
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Characters in this word:雞 gai1 - chicken髀 bei2 - thigh 打 daa2 daa1 - hit; strike | dozen 人 jan4 - person; human being 牙 ngaa4 - teeth, tooth 骹 gaau3 haau1 - joint 軟 jyun5 - soft; flexible |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
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: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).