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紅毛泥

hung4 mou4 nai4

cement: called this as cement was first introduced by Westerners also termed as "red haired men", so by extension cement is "red haired mud"

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

紅毛泥

This word was added by radagasty on 8th May 2005 and last edited on 12th Nov 2008

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紅 hung4 hong2 {gong1} - red
毛 mou4 mao2 - hair; fur; feathers
泥 nai4 nei6 nai5 nai6 leu5 lei6 la ni2 nie4 ning4 ni3 {ni4} | ni4 - mud; mire; earth; clay; soil; to plaster

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