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寵物男
Mandarin: chong3 wu4 nan2
pet hubby: men considered by their wives as pet dogs to be ordered around, scolded, etc.
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寵臣
Mandarin: chong3 chen2
favoured minister
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寸
Mandarin: cun4
a unit of length | inch | thumb | very small in amount | just right | cocky | arrogant | to provoke | to display disrespect to | jargon used by triad to represent ten | # adapted from cc-cedict
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寸到嘔
Mandarin: cun4 dao4 ou3
Simplified: 寸到呕
to be very arrogant | cocky | vain | provocative | insolent [colloquial]
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寸到無倫
Mandarin: cun4 dao4 wu2 lun2
Simplified: 寸到无伦
to be overly arrogant | cocky | vain | provocative | insolent [colloquial]
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寸到飛起
Mandarin: cun4 dao4 fei1 qi3
Simplified: 寸到飞起
to be extremely arrogant | cocky | vain | provocative | insolent [colloquial]
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寸嘴
Mandarin: cun4 zui3
Cantonese
to provoke, to act arrogantly (lit., "arrogant lips")
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寸土必爭
Mandarin: cun4 tu3 bi4 zheng1
Simplified: 寸土必争
fighting even for a small amount of land, it means the enemies are both standing very strong and firm with their stances
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寸得起
Mandarin: cun4 de5 qi3
have got every reason to be arrogant | cocky | vain | provocative | insolent [colloquial]
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寸心
Mandarin: cun4 xin1
mere proof of my regard; This is as a small token of my feelings
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寸斷
Mandarin: cun4 duan4
Simplified: 寸断
to break apart inch by inch
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寸步
Mandarin: cun4 bu4
Tiny step, an inch of step
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寸步不離
Mandarin: cun4 bu4 bu4 li2
to stay close to; stay within close distance to; not even leave a step
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寸草不生
Mandarin: cun4 cao3 bu4 sheng1
not even a blade of grass grows
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寸草不留
Mandarin: cun4 cao3 bu4 liu2
to leave not even a straw; to shave the head bald; to kill everyone and break everything, so nothing is left
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寸草春暉
Mandarin: cun4 cao3 chun1 hui1
Simplified: 寸草春晖
it's difficult to repay the magnitude of parents' love with one's gratitude
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寸過馬撚
Mandarin: cun4 guo4 ma3 nian3
Simplified: 寸过马撚
to be extremely arrogant | cocky | vain | provocative | insolent [colloquial]
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尋
Mandarin: xun2
Simplified: 寻
to search | to look for | to seek | to grope for | to resort to | to ask for | # adapted from cc-cedict
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尋仇
Mandarin: xun2 chou2
seek revenge
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尋味
Mandarin: xun2 wei4
to think sth over
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尋回
Mandarin: xun2 hui2
Simplified: 寻回
found
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尋回犬
Mandarin: xun2 hui2 quan3
(dog) retriever
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尋寶
Mandarin: xun2 bao3
treasure hunt
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尋常
Mandarin: xun2 chang2
usual, common, ordinary
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尋找
Mandarin: xun2 zhao3
to look for; to find; to seek | [粵]: 搵 (wan2)
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尋日
Mandarin: zuo2 tian1
Simplified: 昨天
Cantonese
yesterday (Cantonese)
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尋晚
Mandarin: xun2 wan3
Simplified: 寻晚
last night
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尋晚黑
Mandarin: xun2 wan3 hei1
Simplified: 寻晚黑
last night
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尋根
Mandarin: xun2 gen1
Simplified: 寻根
verb; to search for the root, normally used for people finding out their family background and history
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尋根究底
Mandarin: xun2 gen1 jiu1 di3
Simplified: 寻根究底
verb; to make a thorough investigation, to search or get to the root of thing, to inquire deeply into
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