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十年
decade
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十年人事幾番新
Mandarin: shi2 nian2 ren2shi4 ji3 fan1 xin1
Simplified: 十年人事几番新
people and things change a lot in the space of ten years [written and colloquial]
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十年唔逢一潤
Mandarin: shi2 nian2 wu2 feng2 yi1 run4
Simplified: 十年唔逢一润
Cantonese
once in a blue moon [colloquial]
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十年樹木
Mandarin: shi2 nian2 shu4 mu4
Simplified: 十年树木
lit. ten years of the tree wood, meaning it takes ten years to grow a mature tree
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十幾個月
Mandarin: shi2 ji3 ge4 yue4
ten months or so; about ten months
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十張
Mandarin: shi2 zhang1
dicker
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十惡不赦
Mandarin: shi2 e4 bu2 she4
guilty of unpardonable wickedness; unpardonably evil
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十惡不赦
Mandarin: shi2 e4 bu4 she4
Simplified: 十恶不赦
utterly evil and morally wrong
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十扑
Mandarin: shi2 pu1
Support
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十扑
Cantonese
support (as a loanword)
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十拿九穩
Mandarin: shi2 na2 jiu3 wen3
extremely certain; ninety percent sure
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十指孖埋
Mandarin: shi2 zhi3 ma1 mai2
incapable to do anything (slang)
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十日
Mandarin: shi2 ri4
ten days
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十月
Mandarin: shi2 yue4
[1] October [2] tenth month of the Lunar Calendar
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十月芥菜
Mandarin: Shi2 yue4 gai4 cai4
when teenagers first experience love
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十月革命
Mandarin: shi2 yue4 ge2 ming4
October Revolution
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十有八九
Mandarin: shi2 you3 ba1 jiu3
have nine chances out of ten
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十架
Mandarin: shi2 jia4
cross (short for 十字架)
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十次有九次
"nine times out of ten"
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十滴水
Mandarin: shi2 di1 shui3
a popular medicine for summer ailments (lit., "ten drops")
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十畫未有一撇
Mandarin: shi2 hua4 wei4 you3 yi4 pie3
Simplified: 十画未有一撇
just saying; have not or just begin preparation (slang)
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十畫都未有一撇
Mandarin: shi2 hua4 dou1 wei4 you3 yi4 pie3
Simplified: 十画都未有一撇
lit. not even one strokes drawn from the ten strokes, meaning one is far from completion or without progress
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十萬
Mandarin: shi2 wan4
hundred thousand; 100,000
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十萬九千七
Mandarin: shi2 wan4 jiu3 qian1 qi1
Simplified: 十万九千七
lit. one hundred and nine thousand and seven hundred, meaning very far | horse betting term in Hong Kong, meaning to bet fully on Triple Trio
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十萬八千里
Mandarin: shi2 wan4 ba1 qian1 li3
Simplified: 十万八千里
lit. one hundred and eight thousand kilometres, meaning very far away
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十萬火急
Mandarin: shi2 wan4 huo3 ji2
extremely urgent
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十誡
Mandarin: shi2 jie4
ten commandments
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十賭九輸
Mandarin: shi2 du3 jiu3 shu1
Cantonese
don't gamble, you'll lose nine out of ten times
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十足
Mandarin: shi2 zu2
[1] wholly; completely [2] very; absolutely
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十足十
Mandarin: shi2 zu2 shi2
normally used to describe people or things that are very similar each other; to be exactly like something
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