Cantonese Dictionary

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欲言又止
wanting to say something but stopping short of saying it
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欲購從速
Mandarin: yu4 gou4 cong2 su4
if you wish to purchase, be quick!
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欲速不達
Mandarin: yu4 su4 bu4 da2
More haste, less speed; Haste makes waste; Haste brings no success; Haste trips over its own heels
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欲速則不達
Mandarin: yu4 su4 ze2 bu4 da2
more haste less speed; haste makes waste
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欽
Mandarin: qin1
Simplified: 钦
to respect | to admire | to venerate | by the emperor himself | respectful | respectfully | to adore | # adapted from cc-cedict
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欽佩
Mandarin: qin1 pei4
to respect; to admire
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欽州
Mandarin: qin1 zhou1
Qinzhou (city in Guangxi)
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欽州地區
Mandarin: qin1 zhou1 di4 qu1
Qinzhou district (district in Guangxi)
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欽差大臣
Mandarin: qin1 chai1 da4 chen2
Simplified: 钦差大臣
(noun) an imperial envoy; an official post in imperial time.
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欽廉方言
Mandarin: qin1 lian2 fang1 yan2
Qinlian division of Yue dialects
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欽敬
Mandarin: qin1 jing4
admire and respect
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欽此
Mandarin: qin1 ci3
Simplified: 钦此
orders | words given by the emperor himself, read at the end of an imperial decree
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歆
Mandarin: xin1
pleased | moved | to admire | willingly | (the gods) to enjoy the offerings at sacrifices | # adapted from cc-cedict
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歆慕
Mandarin: xin1 mu4
to admire
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歆羨
Mandarin: xin1 xian4
adore
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歟
Mandarin: yu2
Simplified: 欤
(literary) (final particle similar to 吗ma [吗], 呢ne [呢] or 啊ā [啊], to expression doubt | admiration | surprise | question) | # adapted from cc-cedict
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殃
Mandarin: yang1
calamity | a disaster | death | to bring disaster | misfortune | # adapted from cc-cedict
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殃及
Mandarin: yang1 ji2
be implicated in a disaster; bring disaster upon
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殃及池魚
Mandarin: yang1 ji2 chi2 yu2
Simplified: 殃及池鱼
(idiom) innocent | bystander get into a trouble or get involved in an situation or affair of others
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殃禍
Mandarin: yang1 huo4
Simplified: 殃祸
to bring on disasters
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殷切
Mandarin: yin1 qie4
earnest; eager; ardent
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殷勤
Mandarin: yin1 qin2
politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
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殷墟
Mandarin: jin1 xu1
Yin ruins -- The ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty (1766-1050 BC), rediscovered in 1899, are one of the oldest and largest archeaological sites in China, famous as the original source of oracle bones and oracle bone script which are the earliest recorded form of Chinese writing.
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殷鑒不遠
Mandarin: yin1 jian4 bu4 yuan3
Simplified: 殷鉴不远
(idiom) the pernicious moral of predecessors is right here; the pernicious history is repeating
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毓
Mandarin: yu4
(archaic) to give birth to a child | to rear | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict
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毽
Mandarin: jian4
shuttlecock
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毽子
Mandarin: [jian4 zi5
shuttlecock, jianzi (Asian shuttlecock game) | [粵]: 毽
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氤
Mandarin: yin1
generative forces | magic emanation | hanging fog | misty | # adapted from cc-cedict
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氤氳
Mandarin: yin1 yun1
dense (of smoke, mist)
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氧
Mandarin: yang3
oxygen
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