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三人一條心，黃土變成金
saam1 jan4 jat1 tiu4 sam1 wong4 tou2 bin3 sing4 gam1
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Three men of one heart can transform yellow earth into gold. If people unite, great things may be accomplished.  Level: 2 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2535 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 10th Apr 2005 17:01 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:三 saam1 saam3 - three; several人 jan4 - person; human being 一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little 條 tiu4 - long narrow piece 心 sam1 - heart ， - (not in database) 黃 wong4 - yellow 土 tou2 - soil; earth 變 bin3 - change; alter; accident; uncommon 成 sing4 seng4 - succeed; achieve; grow; one tenth; whole 金 gam1 - gold |
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