Cantonese Dictionary

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打鴨子上架
Mandarin: da3 ya1 zi5 shang4 jia4
drive a duck onto a perch (make sb do sth entirely beyond him)
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打麻將
Mandarin: da3 ma2 jiang4
Simplified: 打麻将
playing mahjong
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打麻雀
Mandarin: da3 ma2 que4
(verb) to play mah-jong
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打點滴
Mandarin: da3 dian3 di1
Simplified: 打点滴
Cantonese
to have intravenous drip therapy
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打鼓
feel uncertain; play the drum; drumming
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打鼓趁興
Mandarin: da3 gu3 chen4 xing1
Simplified: 打鼓趁兴
to do things together out of convenience; to do something whilst the timing is good; to act quickly while the opportunity is still available; to strike while the iron is hot
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打鼻鼾
Mandarin: da3 bi2 han1
snoring
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打鼾
Mandarin: da3 han1
to snore | Syn.: 打呼 | 粵: 打鼻鼾
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打齋
perform Taoist or Buddhist rites
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打齋鶴
Mandarin: da3 zhai1 he4
Simplified: 打斋鹤
bad friends who talk others into bad addiction (drug, gambling, prostitution)
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打龍通
Mandarin: da3 long2 tong1
Simplified: 打龙通
to gang up together to trick | set someone up [colloquial]
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打𨳊
to beat up someone (physically or verbally)
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扚
Mandarin: di2
lik6 | diu2 | joek6} | to hook the collar with fingers
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扽
Mandarin: den4
to yank | to pull tight | to move | bounce | tremble | to shake something out | # adapted from cc-cedict
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扽氣
Mandarin: den4 qi4
Simplified: 扽气
to store up anger, dissatisfaction
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扽監
Mandarin: den4 jian1
Simplified: 扽监
in jail; to spend time in prison
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扽蝦籠
Mandarin: den4 xia1 long2
Simplified: 扽虾笼
noun; literally: pour out the prawn in the prawns cage. Metaphor hand out all the money or empty the wallet
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抌
Mandarin: zhen3
to bale out water | to dip | to pound | to beat with fist | to smash | to stamp (a chop) | to discard | to throw | to abandon | # adapted from cc-cedict
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抌低
Mandarin: dan3 di1
to give up and leave; to throw away; to put down something
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抌印
Mandarin: dan3 yin4
to stamp
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抌去
Cantonese
to throw away
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抌垃圾
Cantonese
take out the garbage/rubbish
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抌心口
Mandarin: dan3 xin1 kou3
(slang) to feel very regretful or remorseful of what one has done; to blackmail or to extort someone
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抌心抌肺
Mandarin: dan3 xin1 dan3 fei4
thumping one's chest with regret, it means one is very upset and is griefing
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抌本
Cantonese
have to spend a lot of money on
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抖
Mandarin: dou3
[1] [v] shiver; tremble; quiver [2] [v] shake; jerk; flick [3] [v] rouse; stir up; enliven [4] [v] be pleased with oneself; take on airs
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抖
Mandarin: dou3
to touch | # adapted from cc-cedict
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抖動
Mandarin: dou3 dong4
to tremble
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抖摟
Mandarin: dou3 lou1
[Beijing dialect/Pekingese] to shake off
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抖木
Mandarin: dou3 mu4
to do woodwork; to drive appallingly [colloquial]
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