Cantonese Dictionary

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薰
Mandarin: xun1
fragrance | warm | to educate | variant of 熏xūn [熏] | a medicinal herb | to cauterize | an aromatic plant | to cure with smoke | to exert slow, transforming influence | mild | to nurture | # adapted from cc-cedict
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薰衣草
Mandarin: xun1 yi1 cao3
lavender
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薰陶
Mandarin: xun1 tao2
nurture; cultivate; edify; influence (positively)
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薰風
Mandarin: xun1 feng1
Simplified: 薰风
warm southerly or southeasterly wind
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藩
Mandarin: fan1
fence | hedge | screen | barrier | vassal state | Taiwan pr. [fán] | boundary | outlying border | # adapted from cc-cedict
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藩國
Mandarin: fan1 guo2
a vassal state
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虎
Mandarin: hu3
tiger M: 只zhī [只] | brave | fierce | savage | vigorous | a surname | a notorious figure amongst the world of triad gangs | # adapted from cc-cedict
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虎字頭
Mandarin: hu3 zi4 tou2
Kangxi radical 141 虍
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虎尾鎮
Mandarin: hu3 wei3 zhen4
Huwei (town in Taiwan)
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虎年
Mandarin: hu3 nian2
the Year of the tiger (one of the 12 year cycle of animals 十二生肖 in the Chinese calendar and zodiac)
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虎林
Mandarin: hu3 lin2
Hulin (place in Heilongjiang)
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虎標萬金油
Mandarin: hu3 biao1 wan4 jin1 you2
Tiger Balm ointment [also] 萬金油
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虎爪
Mandarin: hu3zhua3
literally: a tiger's claw; a tense fighting grip [colloquial]
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虎父無犬子
Mandarin: hu3 fu4 wu2 quan3 zi3
like father like son (lit., "a papa tiger does not have a puppy for a son")
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虎牙
Mandarin: hu3 ya2
Cantonese
canine teeth (in humans), cuspids | also seen as 老虎牙 | [普]: 犬齒
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虎狼
Mandarin: hu3 lang2
to describe someone who is as ferocious or ruthless as tigers and wolves
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虎穴
Mandarin: hu3 xue2
tiger's den; dangerous place (spoken)
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虎落平陽被犬欺
Mandarin: hu3 luo4 ping2 yang2 bei4 quan3 qi1
Simplified: 虎落平阳被犬欺
A man who loses position and influence may be subjected to much indignity
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虎視眈眈
Mandarin: hu3 shi4 dan1 dan1
to eye covetously; glare like a tiger eyeing its prey
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虎豹別墅
Mandarin: hu3 bao4 bie2 shu4
Simplified: 虎豹别墅
Haw Par Mansion; Tiger Balm Garden, located in Hong Kong
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虎豹拳
Tiger Leopard form of Jow Ga ("周家拳")
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虎頭蛇尾
a tiger's head but a snake's tail (anticlimax; cop out)
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虎骨
Mandarin: hu3 gu3
tiger bone (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
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虙
Mandarin: fu2
a surname
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蜂
Mandarin: feng1
bee | wasp | hornet | in swarms | in flocks | # adapted from cc-cedict
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蜂巢
Mandarin: feng1 chao2
honeycomb; beehive
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蜂擁
Mandarin: feng1 yong1
swarm; flock; pour in/out
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蜂竇
Mandarin: feng1 dou4
Simplified: 蜂窦
a beehive
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蜂蜜
Mandarin: feng1 mi4
honey (from a honey bee, unsurprisingly enough) [粵]: 蜜糖
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蜂蜜酒
Mandarin: feng1 mi4 jiu3
mead (type of alcohol)
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