Cantonese Dictionary

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見鑊打鑊
Mandarin: jian4 huo4 da3 huo4
Simplified: 见镬打镬
to beat someone up whenever they are seen (often used as a verbal warning to someone)
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見面
Mandarin: jian4 mian4
to meet
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見面禮
Mandarin: jian4 mian4 li3
a gift offered to someone whom one meets for the first time
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見風使舵
Mandarin: jian4 feng1 shi3 duo4
change one's view according to circumstances; have it both ways
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見風是雨
Mandarin: jian4 feng1 shi4 yu3
gullible, believing in whatever others say
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見風轉舵
Mandarin: jian4 feng1 zhuan3 duo4
trim's one's sails; changes the topic if the atmosphere is wrong
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見食
Mandarin: jian4 shi2
Simplified: 见食
food dish of a good value due to its size (spoken)
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見飯
Mandarin: jian4 fan4
Cantonese
of rice to rise or swell during cooking
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見飯
Mandarin: jian4 fan4
Simplified: 见饭
rice that rises or swells well when cooked
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見高就拜見低就踩
Mandarin: jian4 gao1 jiu4 bai4 jian5 di1 jiu4 cai3
Simplified: 见高就拜见低就踩
(literally: bow to those higher up, trample on those lower down); be snobbish
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見高拜見低踩
Mandarin: jian4 gao1 bai4 jian5 di1 cai3
Simplified: 见高拜见低踩
one who adore the riches, and despise the poor (slang)
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見鬼
Mandarin: jian4 gui3
Simplified: 见鬼
(adverb) Holy shit!
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見鬼咩
Mandarin: jian4gui3 mie1
Simplified: 见鬼咩
Cantonese
'that'a absurd!'; 'a likely story!' [colloquial]
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覬覦
Mandarin: ji4 yu2
covet; cast greedy eyes on
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覲
Mandarin: jin4
Simplified: 觐
(history) to have an audience with the Emperor | # adapted from cc-cedict
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覲見
Mandarin: jin4 jian4
to go to court; to have an audience with a monarch
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覺
Mandarin: jue2
Simplified: 觉
to feel | to find that | thinking | awake | aware | to sense | to be conscious of | to realize | to discover | sense | feeling | consciousness | sensation | to wake from | to inform | to teach | # adapted from cc-cedict
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覺察
Mandarin: jue2 cha2
to sense; to feel; to perceive; to discover
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覺得
Mandarin: jue2 de2
[1] to feel [2] to think; to feel that; to opine
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覺悟
Mandarin: jue2 wu4
consciousness; awareness
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覺意
Mandarin: jue2 yi4
Simplified: 觉意
to pay attention; to look out
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覺眼
Mandarin: jue2 yan3
Simplified: 觉眼
obvious (spoken)
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覺覺豬
Mandarin: jue2 jue2 zhu1
Simplified: 觉觉猪
(slang) to go to sleep; sleeping
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覺覺豬
Mandarin: jiao4 jiao4 zhu1
Cantonese
sleep like a pig; in deep slumber
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覺醒
Mandarin: jue2 xing3
to realise; to dawn upon; to become aware of
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觀
Mandarin: guan1
Simplified: 观
a Taoist temple | an open air terrace | # adapted from cc-cedict
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觀世音菩薩
the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Kuan Yin, he is generally portrayed as female in oriental Buddhism and called the Goddess of Mercy) [2] [contraction] 觀音 [3] [Syn.] 觀音菩薩
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觀光
Mandarin: guan1 guang1
go sightseeing; to tour; to visit
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觀光巴士
Mandarin: guan1 guang1 ba1 shi4
tourist bus
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觀光者
Mandarin: guan1 guang1 zhe3
tourist; visitor; sightseer | Syn.: 漫遊者; 旅遊者; 遊客
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