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縮腳
Mandarin: suo1 jiao3
Cantonese
move one's feet out of the way
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縮開
Mandarin: suo1 kai1
Simplified: 缩开
(verb) dodge; sidestep; to avoid; to evade; to keep away from
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縮開你條撚
Mandarin: suo1 kai1 ni3 tiao2 nian3
Simplified: 缩开你条撚
get the fuck off me; get the fuck out of here [colloquial]
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縮頭縮腦
Mandarin: suo1 tou2 suo1 nao3
Simplified: 缩头缩脑
coward; timid; fainthearted; recoil in fear; shrink from responsibility
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縮頭龜
Mandarin: suo1 tou2 gui1
Simplified: 缩头龟
(noun) a chicken (coward); a coward; a quitter; to describe someone who shies away from difficulties | challenges | responsibilities; to describe someone who pulls out of doing something the last minute
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縮骨
Mandarin: suo1 gu3
Simplified: 缩骨
(slang) (of people) selfish; stingy; scheming selfishly; petty shrewdness; bean counter; crafty
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縮骨遮
Mandarin: suo1 gu3 zhe1
Simplified: 缩骨遮
(noun) a folding umbrella
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繅
Mandarin: sao1
Simplified: 缫
to reel silk from cocoons | elegant composistions | # adapted from cc-cedict
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繐
Mandarin: sui4
fine and loose cloth | tassel | # adapted from cc-cedict
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繖
Mandarin: san3
damask silk | variant of 伞sǎn [伞], umbrella | parasol | parachute | # adapted from cc-cedict
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繡球
Mandarin: xiu4 qiu2
Simplified: 绣球
embroidered ball; Hydrangea
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繡花枕頭
Mandarin: xiu4 hua1 zhen3 tou5
Simplified: 绣花枕头
Embroidered pillow; a metaphor to describe someone who is just all looks on the outside but shallow on the inside with no talents
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繩
Mandarin: sheng2
Simplified: 绳
rope M: 根gēn [根] | string | cord | # adapted from cc-cedict
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繩之於法
Mandarin: sheng2 zhi1 yu2 fa3
to bring sb. to justice
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繩子
Mandarin: sheng2 zi5
string; cord; rope | Cant.: 繩 /sing42/
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繩索
Mandarin: sheng2 suo3
a rope
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署
Mandarin: shu3
office | bureau | to sign | to deputize | to arrange | to put in order | # adapted from cc-cedict
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羞人
Mandarin: xiu1 ren2
disgraced; to make a fool of oneself
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羞家
Mandarin: xiu1 jia1
(adj.) describes someone who did something that embarrasses his family; shameful; describes someone who is a disgrace to his | her family; humiliating; .
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羞恥
Mandarin: xiu1 chi3
shame
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羞愧
Mandarin: xiu1 kui4
ashamed
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羞辱
Mandarin: xiu1 ru3
to baffle; to humiliate, shame, dishonor; humiliation
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羡煞旁人
Mandarin: xian4 sha4 pang2 ren2
to make others envious
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羨
Mandarin: xian4
to envy | to admire | to praise | to covet | surplus | superfluous | # adapted from cc-cedict
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耍
Mandarin: shua3
to play with | to wield | to act (cool etc) | to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | frolic | to amuse | to show off | to gamble | to make a gesture | to exhibit | to fool with | to trick | to play for pastime | # adapted from cc-cedict
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耍冧
Cantonese
"sorry!", a salute or greeting
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耍功夫
Mandarin: shua3 gong1 fu5
to play Kung Fu
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耍大牌
Mandarin: shua3 da4 pai2
act like a big shot [粵]讕大牌；讕有寶
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耍太極
Mandarin: shua3 Tai4 ji2
Simplified: 耍太极
the slang for the act of pushing things around in order to avoid responsibility; literally: to play Tai Chi; buck passing
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耍家
Mandarin: shua3 jia1
very skillful
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