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等到頸長
  dang2 dou3 geng2 coeng4   jyutping
  deng3 dao4 jing3 chang2   pinyin
to wait for a very long while; have waited an exceedingly and unacceptably long time; have waited for ages | Literally, "Have waited until one's neck grew in length"

Idiom

Level: 3   Google Frequency: 1,170

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
等到頸長

This word has been viewed 2977 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 10th May 2005 15:40 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 dang2 ting3 ting2 dei6  -  wait; allow; rank; equal; etc.; plur.; type
 dou3 dou3*2  -  arrive; go to
 geng2  -  neck
 coeng4 zoeng2  -  long; length; forte; grow; older; chief
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