Cantonese Dictionary

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物質獎勵
Mandarin: wu4 zhi4 jiang3 li4
Simplified: 物质奖励
materialistic rewards; materialistic incentives
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物質生活
Mandarin: wu4 zhi4 sheng1 huo2
Simplified: 物质生活
a materialistic life
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物質財富
Mandarin: wu4 zhi4 cai2 fu4
Simplified: 物质财富
material wealth; material possessions
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物超所值
Mandarin: wu4 chao1 suo3 zhi2
value for money
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物輕情義重
Mandarin: wu4 qing1 qing2 yi4 zhong4
Simplified: 物轻情义重
it's not the gift but the thought behind it that counts
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物鏡
Mandarin: wu4 jing4
objective lens
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物阜民豐
Mandarin: wu4 fu4 min2 feng1
products abound and people have an abundance of everything; a wealthy nation with plenty of products (less common versions 物阜民熙；物阜民安)
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物非所值
not worth the money
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物體
Mandarin: wu4 ti3
object; body; substance
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牻
Mandarin: mang2
a black and white cow; varicoloured; disorderly; mess; random; chaotic
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犛
Mandarin: li2
black ox | yak | # adapted from cc-cedict
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猛
Mandarin: meng3
ferocious | suddenly | fierce | violent | abrupt | (slang) awesome | cruel | bold | vigorous | energetic | powerful | successful | haunted | full of bad spirits | # adapted from cc-cedict
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猛人
Mandarin: meng3 ren2
a reputable person (can be a big time businessman or a person with high ranking | position); someone with a lot of power or authority; an individual who is very capable
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猛咁
Cantonese
extreme, to go all out
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猛咁
Mandarin: meng3 gan1
Cantonese
desperately (spoken)
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猛毛
Mandarin: meng3 mao2
to pick and choose customers instead of accepting customers indiscriminately [colloquial]
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猛火
Mandarin: meng3 huo3
raging fire
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猛烈
Mandarin: meng3 lie4
fierce, violent (criticism, etc.)
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猛然
Mandarin: meng3 ran2
suddenly; abruptly
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猛禽
Mandarin: meng3 qin2
bird of prey
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猛虎
Mandarin: meng3 hu3
Bengal tiger; fierce tiger
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猛虎不及地頭蟲
Mandarin: meng3 hu3 bu4 ji2 di4 tou2 chong2
Simplified: 猛虎不及地头虫
a mighty know-all is no match for an ordinary local (idiom)
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猛鑊
Mandarin: meng3 huo4
Simplified: 猛镬
a hot frying pan | wok
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猛鬼
Mandarin: meng3 gui3
haunted (spoken)
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猛龍活虎
Mandarin: meng3 long2 huo2 hu3
Simplified: 猛龙活虎
to be full of vigor and vitality
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猛龍過江
Mandarin: meng3 long2 guo4 jiang1
Simplified: 猛龙过江
the Way of the Dragon, a film starring Bruce Lee; to describe someone who is successful across the borders
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猫
Mandarin: mao1 mao2
simplified form of 貓
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獁
Mandarin: ma3
Simplified: 犸
mammoth | # adapted from cc-cedict
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獼猴桃
Mandarin: mi2 hou2 tao2
[1] kiwi fruit [2] [Syn.] [loanword] 奇異果 , 奇偉果
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玟
Mandarin: wen2 min2
gem; streaks in jade
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