Cantonese Dictionary

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厘士
loanword for "lace" (also 喱士)
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厘米
Mandarin: li2 mi3
centimeter
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厲
Mandarin: li4
Simplified: 厉
strict | severe | a whetstone | to grind | to sharpen | whet | pestilence, an epidemic disease | malicious ghost | a surname | to oppress | to encourage | stern | grim | wicked | malicious | terribly | fierce | # adapted from cc-cedict
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厲兵秣馬
Mandarin: li4 bing1 mo4 ma3
Simplified: 厉兵秣马
prepare for going into battle or getting any work done
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厲鬼
Mandarin: li4 gui3
ferocious/fierce/vengeful ghost; evil spirit
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另
Mandarin: ling4
other | another | separate | separately | in addition | besides | differently | # adapted from cc-cedict
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另一
Mandarin: ling4 yi1
another
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另一方面
on the other hand
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另一邊
Mandarin: ling4 yi1 bian1
Simplified: 另一边
on the other side
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另加
additional
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另外
Mandarin: ling4 wai4
(pronoun) another
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另有內情
Mandarin: ling4 you3 nei4 qing2
there's another side to the story; there's more to this than meets the eye
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另當別論
to consider sth. as a different story; to discuss something in a different, usually completely opposite, context
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另行
Mandarin: ling4 xing2
to do another time; to carry out an act separately
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另行安排
Mandarin: ling4 xing2 an1 pai2
alternative arrangement
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另行通知
Mandarin: ling4 xing2 tong1 zhi1
to be notified again or later
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另見
Mandarin: ling4 jian4
cf., see also
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另覓新歡
Mandarin: ling4 mi4 xin1 huan1
to pursue a new lover (often abandoning one's present partner)
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另計
Mandarin: ling4 ji4
Cantonese
alternative calculation
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另謀高就
look for a better opportunity when resigning from a job
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另議
Mandarin: ling4 yi4
Simplified: 另议
to be discussed separately; alternative negotiation
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另起爐灶
Mandarin: ling4 qi3 lu2 zao4
Simplified: 另起炉灶
(idiom) To set up another business
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另類
Mandarin: ling4 lei4
being different; rebellious
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叻
Mandarin: le4
place names (alternative name for Singapore) | # adapted from cc-cedict
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叻仔
Mandarin: le4 zi3
(n.) smart boy; smartass.
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叻唔切
Mandarin: le4 n2 qie4
Cantonese
describes a person who tries to acts smart in an attempt to show off (but in reality, he or she is not so smart); someone who thinks that he or she knows everything but in reality that is not the case
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叻埠
Mandarin: li4 bu4
old name for Singapore
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叻埠
Singapore
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叻女
Mandarin: le4 nv3
(noun) smart-girl; a successful lady; a clever lady; a lesbian
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叻女
Cantonese
a clever girl, a clever young woman; a lesbian
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