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寸
Mandarin: cun4
Definitions
  1. 1 a unit of length
  2. 2 inch
  3. 3 thumb
  4. 4 very small in amount
  5. 5 just right
  6. 6 cocky
  7. 7 arrogant
  8. 8 to provoke
  9. 9 to display disrespect to
  10. 10 jargon used by triad to represent ten
  11. 11 # adapted from cc-cedict
Other Readings
寸
Words containing 寸
寸土必爭
fighting even for a small amount of land, it means the enemies are both standing
巴辣臭寸
very cocky and insolent [colloquial]
寸草不生
not even a blade of grass grows
三寸不爛之舌
to have a way with words; a glib tongue
有分寸
to have a sense of propriety; to have a sense of knowing what is appropriate or
三寸釘
A short person
寸/串/叶
[[to string together; inch]]
得寸進尺
[[[to gain an inch advance a foot]]] [to gain an inch advance a foot] to be give
報寸
to report someone secretly tp law enforcement
冇分寸
[[not a small amount]] to fail to show proper restraint, to overstep the mark.
尺寸的
dimensional
唔好咁撚寸
don't act so fucking arrogant | insolent | provocatively [colloquial] | stuck-up
寸草不留
to leave not even a straw; to shave the head bald; to kill everyone and break ev
寸到無倫
vain | to be overly arrogant | provocative | cocky | insolent [colloquial]
分寸
sense of propriety; the boundary of acceptability; proper limits for speech or a
方寸
square inch, mind, heart
寸到飛起
cocky | to be extremely arrogant | vain | provocative | insolent [colloquial]
寸得起
provocative | insolent [colloquial] | have got every reason to be arrogant | vai
攪寸個ｐａｒｔｙ
to totally wreck something [colloquial]
寸斷
to break apart inch by inch
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