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階磚仔
Mandarin: jie1 zhuan1 zi3
Simplified: 阶砖仔
diamonds (the suit in a pack of playing cards)
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階級
Mandarin: jie1 ji2
Simplified: 阶级
caste
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階級式
Mandarin: jie1 ji2 shi4
hierarchical
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階級觀念
class concept; concept of class; social stratification
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階級鬥爭
Mandarin: jie1 ji2 dou4 zheng1
the class struggle
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隔
Mandarin: ge2
to separate | to partition | to stand or lie between | at a distance from | after or at an interval of | to endure | past | next | immediately preceding | across | on the other side of | from the other side of | # adapted from cc-cedict
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隔來
Mandarin: ge2 lai2
Simplified: 隔来
beside;next to; next door (neighbour)
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隔夜
overnight (sometimes gaak3 je62)
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隔夜仇
Mandarin: ge2 ye4 chou2
schisms
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隔夜油炸鬼
Mandarin: ge2 ye4 you2 zha2 gui3
a boring person (slang)
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隔夜茶
Mandarin: ge2 ye4 cha2
tea left out overnight
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隔夜飯
Mandarin: ge2 ye4 fan4
Simplified: 隔夜饭
 leftovers food from the night before
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隔天
Mandarin: ge2 tian1
every other day; on alternate days; every alternate day | Syn.: 隔日
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隔山打牛
Strike a cow from the other side of the hill (martial arts move)
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隔山買牛
Mandarin: ge2 shan1 mai3 niu2
Simplified: 隔山买牛
to commit to something without understanding it fully
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隔岸觀火
Mandarin: ge2 an4 guan1 huo3
look on unconcerned while sb. is in trouble or danger; be indifferent to the problems of others- (lit.)watch fire burning from the opposite side of a river
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隔年
Mandarin: ge2 nian2
[1] every other year; on alternate years; every alternate year [2] last year | Syn.: 去年 | Cant.: 舊年 [3] in the following years
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隔日
Mandarin: ge2 ri4
[1] every other day; on alternate days; every alternate day | Syn.: 隔天 [2] the next day; the following day [3] the day after next | Syn.: 後日
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隔月
Mandarin: ge2 yue4
every other month; every alternate month; on alternate months
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隔涉
Mandarin: ge2 she4
desolate;out of the way; remote; secluded; in a location that is hard to get to
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隔渣
Mandarin: ge2 zha1
to filter | strain off the residues; describes someone who is very stingy
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隔熱墊
Mandarin: ge2 re4 dian4
insulating mat
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隔牆有耳
Mandarin: ge2 qiang2 you3 er3
beware of people eavesdropping (lit. (nearby) walls have ears) [Syn]屬垣有耳
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隔篱
Mandarin: ge2 li2
beside;next to; next door (neighbour)
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隔籬
Mandarin: ge2 bi4
Simplified: 隔壁
Cantonese
next door; nearby (Cantonese)
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隔籬鄰舍
Mandarin: ge2 li2 lin2 she4
Simplified: 隔篱邻舍
neighbours (spoken)
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隔籬飯香
Mandarin: ge2 li2 fan4 xiang1
Simplified: 隔篱饭香
"the grass is always greener" (idiom)
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隔絕
Mandarin: ge2 jue2
to be isolated, completely cut off
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隔膜
Mandarin: ge2 mo2
[1] a diaphragm (anatomy) [2] distant (socially aloof) [3] divided by lack of mutual comprehension [4] to be a nonexpert
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隔週
Mandarin: ge2 zhou1
every other week; on alternative weeks; every alternate week
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