Cantonese Dictionary

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過橋抽板
Mandarin: guo4 qiao2 chou1 ban3
Simplified: 过桥抽板
describes a situation where a person doesn't reciprocate the help of others and is ungrateful to those who helped him | her
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過橋米線
a type of Yunnanese noodle, so named because a woman invented/created this special kind of noodle while crossing a bridge
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過橋麵
a special form (Yunnanese cuisine) of preparing noodles.
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過檔
Mandarin: guo4 dang4
Simplified: 过档
to switch job; change allegiance
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過檯
Mandarin: guo4 tai2
Simplified: 过台
for a night hostess to move across to another table in order to meet more clients [colloquial]
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過氣
Mandarin: guo4 qi4
Simplified: 过气
obsolete | out of season
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過氣老倌
Mandarin: guo4 qi4 lao3 guan1
Simplified: 过气老倌
once-famous celebrity; one who lost power and authority (slang)
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過水
Mandarin: guo4 shui3
Simplified: 过水
(verb) give money; to bribe; to transfer money; to run something under cold water (such as rinsing hot noodles with cold water to rid the excess starch); terminology used in a majong game;
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過水濕腳
Mandarin: guo4 shui3 shi1 jiao3
Simplified: 过水湿脚
embezzlement; stealing while handling others' money (slang)
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過江
(lit.) to cross a river; (fig.) to cross to another territory
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過江龍
Mandarin: guo4 jiang1 long2
Simplified: 过江龙
a booster cable; a jumper cable; someone or something from outside which has a profound effect on local affairs
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過河卒
Mandarin: guo4 he2 zu2
Simplified: 过河卒
(advanced pawn) terminology used in Chinese chess, meaning no retreat, no way back; a catspaw
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過河卒子
(chess) a soldier in opponent's territory which can advance, but not retreat
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過河濕腳
Mandarin: guo4 he2 chi4 jiao3
Simplified: 过河濕脚
(literally: to cross a river and get one's legs wet); to take a commission (from a deal or transaction)
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過海
Mandarin: guo4 hai3
Simplified: 过海
cross Victoria Harbour | go to cities nearby Hong Kong, especially Macau
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過渡
Mandarin: guo4 du4
Simplified: 过渡
to transit
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過渡性房屋
Mandarin: guo4 du4 xing4 fang2 wu1
transitional housing
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過渡時期
Mandarin: guo4 du4 shi2 qi1
full form for 過渡期
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過渡期
Mandarin: guo4 du4 qi1
transitional period; period of transition
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過濾
Mandarin: guo4 lv4
filter; filtering; filtrate; filtration; screening; colation; lautering; colating; straining | [粵]: 隔渣
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過濾柱
Mandarin: guo4 lv4 zhu4
filter column
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過濾法
Mandarin: guo4 lv4 fa3
filtration
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過火
Mandarin: guo4 huo3
overreach, overshoot, intemperate
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過火位
Mandarin: guo4huo3 wei4
Simplified: 过火位
to overstep the mark; to have gone too far [colloquial]
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過犯
Mandarin: guo4 fan4
sins; trangressions
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過猶不及
Mandarin: guo4 you2 bu4 ji2
to go too far is as bad as not going far enough;
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過獎
Mandarin: guo4 jiang3
overpraise; flatter; undeserved compliment; you're flattering me
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過生
overproduction
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過界
Mandarin: guo4 jie4
Simplified: 过界
out of bounds
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過癮
Cantonese
get a kick (out of sth); satisfy an urge/addiction
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