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苦瓜
fu2 gwaa1
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[1] bitter gourd; bitter melon; bitter cucumber; balsam pear | [粵] 涼瓜 [2] person who has suffered a lot  Level: 3 Google Frequency: 1,110,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 5271 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by ray_siu on 21st Jun 2005 03:37 and last edited on 26th Jul 2010 01:58 |
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Characters in this word:苦 fu2 - bitter; painful; hard; suffer from瓜 gwaa1 - gourd; melon 6 compounds containing this word:苦瓜噉嘅面 - to look miserable苦瓜噉面 - to look miserable 苦瓜乾 - sourpuss 苦瓜乾噉樣 - to look miserable 苦瓜乾噉口面 - to look miserable 苦瓜噉口面 - to look miserable |
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