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冇口齒

mou5 hau2 ci2

mao3 kou3 chi3

to not keep a promise

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 1,800

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

冇口齒

This word was added by spacemonkey on 12th Jul 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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冇 mou5 mao3; mou3 - do not have
口 hau2 kou3 - mouth
齒 ci2 chi3 - teeth; tooth-like object

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