Cantonese Dictionary

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影迷
movie fan
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影醜
Mandarin: ying3 chou3
Simplified: 影丑
to taint | worsen one's image | reputation | name; to take ugly photos of
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影音
recorded media (CD and DVD); sound and movies
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影響
Mandarin: ying3 xiang3
[1] (v.) to influence; to affect [2] (n.) influence; effect
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影響力
consequence; force; influence; sway
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役
Mandarin: yi4
forced labor | corvée | obligatory task | military service | to use as servant | to enserf | servant (old) | war | campaign | battle | to serve labor at frontier | to command somone as servant | # adapted from cc-cedict
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役使
Mandarin: yi4 shi3
work (an animal)
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徉
Mandarin: yang2
to walk back and forth | lingering | # adapted from cc-cedict
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御夫術
Mandarin: yu4 fu1 shu4
the art of controlling one's husband
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御宅
Mandarin: yu4 zhai2
otaku
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御宅族
otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests; commonly in the areas of anime, manga, trains, photography and etc.
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御用
Mandarin: yu4 yong4
for the use of an emperor; serve as a tool; be in the pay of
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御用文人
Mandarin: yu4 yong4 wen2 ren2
a hack writer
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御膳
Mandarin: yu4 shan4
food prepared for the emperor
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御賜
Mandarin: yu4 ci4
sth. bestowed by the emperor
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忍
Mandarin: ren3
to bear | to endure | to tolerate | to restrain oneself | to repress | truculence | merciless | # adapted from cc-cedict
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忍
Mandarin: ren3
[1] [v] endure; bear; tolerate; suffer; put up with; stand [2] merciless; truculence [3] [v] forbear; repress
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忍不住
Mandarin: ren3 bu5 zhu4 (PRC), ren3 bu4*2 zhu4 (Taiwan)
unable to bear; cannot tolerate; cannot stand; cannot take it anymore | Cant.: 忍唔住
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忍住
Mandarin: ren3 zhu4
endure
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忍俊不禁
Mandarin: ren3 jun4 bu2 jun4
cannot help but laugh
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忍受
Mandarin: ren3 shou4
to suffer
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忍唔住
Mandarin: ren3 n2 zhu4
Cantonese
can't bear or tolerate any longer; cannot resist against doing something
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忍屎忍尿好過忍你
Mandarin: ren3 shi3 ren3 niao4 hao3guo4 ren3 ni3
Simplified: 忍屎忍尿好过忍你
I would rather put up with shit than put up with you; (literally: I would rather hold in my wee and poo rather than tolerate you) [colloquial]
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忍心
Mandarin: ren3 xin1
be willing (to do sth.)
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忍手
Mandarin: ren3 shou3
cannot do | touch; to control one's desire, for example, gambling
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忍氣
Mandarin: ren3 qi4
Simplified: 忍气
to hold in one's breath; to hold in one's anger
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忍氣吞聲
Mandarin: ren3 qi4 tun1 sheng1
swallow one's anger/pride; stifle one's indignation; suffer in silence; bite the bullet
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忍無可忍
Mandarin: ren3 wu2 ke3 ren3
beyond endurance; cannot bear for any time
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忍者
Mandarin: ren3 zhe3
(Japanese) ninja – a class of Japanese mercenaries skilled in martial arts and often hired for covert operations | Literally, the Patient One
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忍耐
Mandarin: ren3 nai4
to bear
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