Cantonese Dictionary

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釣
Mandarin: diao4
Simplified: 钓
to fish with a hook and bait | to tempt | to lure | a fishhook | # adapted from cc-cedict
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釣個金龜婿
Cantonese
to "fish" a golden turtle son-in-law (to get a rich husband)
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釣大魚
Mandarin: diao4 da4 yu2
Simplified: 钓大鱼
literally: to catch a big fish; to catch a big criminal [colloquial]
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釣水魚
Cantonese
to "fish" (i.e. to wait for) a "turtle"
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釣泥猛
Mandarin: diao4 ni2 meng3
Simplified: 钓泥猛
an unlicensed cab trolling for passengers [colloquial]
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釣泥鯭
Cantonese
refers to an unlicensed taxi trolling around looking for passengers waiting for the bus with the fare being a little higher than bus fare (lit., "hooking a rabbit fish")
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釣蝦
Cantonese
to "fish" shrimp
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釣金龜
Mandarin: diao4 jin1 gui1
Simplified: 钓金龟
to look for a rich husband
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釣餌
Mandarin: diao4 er3
Simplified: 钓饵
bait
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釣高嚟賣
Mandarin: diao4 gao1 li4 mai4
Simplified: 钓高嚟卖
Cantonese
to play hard to get [colloquial]
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釣魚台
Mandarin: diao4 yu2 tai2
Diaoyu/Diaoyutai Islands (ownership under dispute between Japan and the PRC), also written 釣魚臺, also known as the Senkaku Islands (Japanese name) or Pinnacle Islands (given by British navigators); Tiu Yue Toi
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釣魚島
Mandarin: diao4 yu2 dao3
Diaoyu Islands; Fishing Islands
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釣魚用具
Mandarin: diao4 yu2 yong4 ju4
fishing tackle
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鈍
Mandarin: dun4
Simplified: 钝
blunt | stupid | obtuse | dull | flat | dull-witted | pointless | inactivation | awkward | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鈍手鈍腳
Mandarin: dun4 shou3 dun4 jiao3
Simplified: 钝手钝脚
clumsy; slow to react [colloquial]
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鈍角
Mandarin: dun4 jiao3
obtuse angle
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錠
Mandarin: ding4
Simplified: 锭
(weaving) spindle | ingot | pressed cake of medicine etc | classifier for: gold and silver ingots, ink sticks | slab | tablet | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鍍
Mandarin: du4
Simplified: 镀
-plated | to plate | to coat | to gild | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鍍金
Mandarin: du4 jin1
Simplified: 镀金
(adjective) (of jewelry) Gold plated
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鍍鋅鐵
Mandarin: du4 xin1 tie3
Simplified: 镀锌铁
galvanized iron
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鍛
Mandarin: duan4
Simplified: 锻
to forge | to discipline | wrought | to temper | to refine | to beat | to hammer | to smelt | to exercise | to toughen | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鍛煉
Mandarin: duan4 lian4
Simplified: 锻炼
to practice
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鍛練
Mandarin: duan4 lian4
Simplified: 锻练
to train; to engage in physical exercise; to temper
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鍛鍊
Mandarin: duan4 lian4
Simplified: 锻炼
to train; to refine; to forge; to workout
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鏑
Mandarin: di2
Simplified: 镝
dysprosium | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鐙
Mandarin: deng4
Simplified: 镫
stirrup | a type of cooking vessel | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鐸叔
Mandarin: duo2 shu1
Simplified: 铎叔
(noun) a cheapskate; a miser; a penny pincher
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陡
Mandarin: dou3
steep | precipitous | abrubtly | suddenly | unexpectedly | sloping | # adapted from cc-cedict
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陡峭
Mandarin: dou3 qiao4
steep, precipitous
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隊伍
Mandarin: dui4 wu3
team; troop; group
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