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› 唔湯唔水
唔湯唔水
m4
tong1
m4
seoi2
Simplified: 唔汤唔水
Cantonese
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Neither fish nor fowl; half-baked; incomplete; unsatisfactory. Literally "neither soup nor water" — something that's been started but not finished properly. "做到唔湯唔水" = "did it in a half-hearted, incomplete way."
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唔
m4
T4
湯
tong1
T1
唔
m4
T4
水
seoi2
T2
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唔湯唔水
mi6
tong1
mi6
seoi2
[[neither soup nor water]] not good enough, not of the required standard.
唔湯唔水
m4
tong1
m4
seoi2
getting stuck in the middle of nowhere in the event | matter | life; literally '
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