Cantonese Dictionary

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一手一腳
Mandarin: yi1 shou3 yi4 jiao3
Simplified: 一手一脚
(noun) one hand and one leg; (slang) someone's own works; someone works alone; to do something from scratch
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一手交錢
collect on delivery, payment: hand over the money with one hand, get the goods with the other hand
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一手交錢
Mandarin: yi1 shou3 jiao1 qian2
Simplified: 一手交钱
Pay the money and receive the cargo at the same time
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一手包辦
Mandarin: yi1 shou3 bao1 ban4
keep everything in one's own hands; take everything on oneself
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一手造成
Mandarin: yi1 shou3 zao4 cheng2
to have caused single-handedly
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一扑一碌
Mandarin: yi1 pu1 yi1 lu4
stumbling to the ground rolling and crawling; running away in such a hurry that one is almost falling over [colloquial]
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一打
Mandarin: yi1 da2
one dozen - Twelve things, six things is half a dozen. (半打)
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一扭
twist
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一批
Mandarin: yi1 pi1
A batch
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一技之長
Mandarin: yi1 ji4 zhi1 chang2
skill; specialty or proficiency in a particular line
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一技旁身
Mandarin: yi1 ji4 pang2 shen1
with a skill handy at hands
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一把
Mandarin: yi1 ba3
bunch
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一把手
Mandarin: yi1 ba3 shou3
a party to an undertaking; a member; a hand; a good hand
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一把火
Mandarin: yi1 ba3 huo3
burning with anger
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一折
90% discount
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一抽二
Mandarin: yi1 chou1 er4
to fight one against two [colloquial]
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一抽二ｌｕｎ
Mandarin: yi1 chou1 er4ｌｕｎ
to be carrying many bags; having many kids that one is responsible for, carrying one in one hand, holding another in another hand [colloquial]
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一抽二ｌｕｎｇ
Mandarin: yi1 chou1 er4ｌｕｎｇ
to be carrying many bags; having many kids that one is responsible for, carrying one in one hand, holding another in another hand [colloquial]
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一拃
Mandarin: yi1 zha3
a bunch of; a handful of [colloquial]
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一拍兩散
to sever relations, part on bad terms, two people dissolve a partnership
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一拍行
Mandarin: yi1 pai1 xing2
Two people walking side by side
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一招半式
Mandarin: yi1 zhao1 ban4 shi4
lit. half or part of a martial arts style, meaning one who is knowledgeable partially
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一掃而空
Mandarin: yi1 sao3 er2 kong1
make a clean sweep of; clear off; finish off
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一撇嘢
Mandarin: yi1 pie3 ye3
Cantonese
a stroke of a thing, which means a part of something or happening
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一撇水
Mandarin: yi1 pie3 shui3
a thousand dollars
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一撻即着
Mandarin: yi1 ta4 ji2 zhao2
Cantonese
one spark and the fire's blazing; for the flame of love to quickly ingnite
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一擁而上
Mandarin: yi1 yong1 er2 shang4
rush up in a crowd
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一擊
Mandarin: yi1*4 ji2 (Taiwan), yi1*4 ji1 (PRC)
biff, sock, hit
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一擔擔
Mandarin: yi1 dan1 dan4
Simplified: 一担担
(adjective) alike; similar; as same as; identical; two of a kind; tweedledum and tweedledee
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一擲千金
Mandarin: yi1 zhi4 qian1 jin1
stake a thousand pieces of gold in one throw; spend money like water
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