Cantonese Dictionary

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扭盡六壬
Mandarin: niu3 jin4 liu4 ren2
Simplified: 扭尽六壬
to rack one's brains [colloquial]
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扭紋
Mandarin: niu3 wen2
Simplified: 扭纹
a person (normally a child) who is demanding by way of crying; mischievous; not obedient
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扭紋柴
Mandarin: niu3 wen2 chai2
Simplified: 扭纹柴
(noun) a whiny child; a child who frequently cries to get what he | she wants; a naughty or a mischievous child
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扭耳仔
Mandarin: niu3 er3 zi3
to twist one's ears, as a punishment or way to show someone is sorry
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扭腰舞
Mandarin: niu3 yao1 wu3
noun; twist dance
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扭虧為盈
Mandarin: niu3 kui1 wei2 ying2
Simplified: 扭亏为盈
to turn losses into gains
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扭計
Mandarin: niu3 ji4
Simplified: 扭计
(v.) to behave in a childish, mischievous or insensible way in order to try to get what one wants, such as by crying
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扭計
Cantonese
to kick up a fuss (to try and get one's way); be petulant
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扭計師爺
Mandarin: niu3 ji4 shi1 ye5
Simplified: 扭计师爷
a barrister in the ancient China who specialize in coming up with cunning strategies to win court cases
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扭計星
Mandarin: niu3 ji4 xing1
Simplified: 扭计星
children who cries and pretend in order to get what they want
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扭計祖宗
Mandarin: niu3 ji4 zu3 zong1
Simplified: 扭计祖宗
noun; the mischief makers, good at trick, bad at ideas; children who cries and pretend in order to get what they want
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扭計骰
[HK] Rubik's Cube | [PRC] 魔方; [TW] 魔術方塊
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扭計骰
Mandarin: niu3 ji4 tou2
Simplified: 扭计骰
Rubik's Cube
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扭身扭勢
Mandarin: niu3 shen1 niu3 shi4
Simplified: 扭身扭势
one who shrugs and twist their body in order to get what they want
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扭軚
Mandarin: niu3 dai4
to turn the steering wheel
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扭轉
Mandarin: niu3 zhuan3
turn around; reverse; change
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扲荷包
Mandarin: qian2 he2 bao1
verb; bring the wallet
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扼
Mandarin: e4
to grip forcefully | to clutch at | to guard | to control | to hold | to strangle | to take firm hold of | harness shaft | salient | # adapted from cc-cedict
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押
Mandarin: ya1
to mortgage | to pawn | to detain in custody | to escort and protect | (literary) to sign | to rhyme | a surname | deposit | pawn | to escort | # adapted from cc-cedict
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押好件衫
Cantonese
to tuck the shirt inside the trousers
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押高
Cantonese
to roll up (e.g., as in trouser cuffs)
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押高褲腳
Cantonese
to roll up the trouser cuffs
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拈
Mandarin: nian1
an alternative form for 撚, to twirl in figers | # adapted from cc-cedict
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拈
Mandarin: nian1
pick up with fingers
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拈輕怕重
Mandarin: nian1 qing1 pa4 zhong4
Simplified: 拈轻怕重
picking easy jobs and avoid the hard ones
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拎
Mandarin: lin1
to lift | to carry in one's hand | Taiwan pr. [līng] | to take away | to bring over | to make use of someone to do something | # adapted from cc-cedict
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拎他一把
Cantonese
to lend a helping hand
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拎住
Cantonese
to hold (something firmly in the hand) also written as 擰住
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拿
Mandarin: na2
to hold | to seize | to catch | to apprehend | to take | (used in the same way as 把bǎ [把]: to mark the following noun as a direct object) | to pick up | with | to arrest | to use | to be confirmed | there! | here! | look! | to give something the finger | # adapted from cc-cedict
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拿到
Mandarin: na2 dao4
dou2} | got it
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