Cantonese Dictionary

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環遊
Mandarin: huan2 you2
a round trip
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環遊世界
Mandarin: huan2 you2 shi4 jie4
Simplified: 环游世界
to make a round-the-world tour
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環頭
Mandarin: huan2 tou2
Simplified: 环头
turf; area of control (spoken)
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環頭環尾
Mandarin: huan2 tou2 huan2 wei3
Simplified: 环头环尾
the less prosperous area at the two ends of Hong Kong island where there is not much money to be made [colloquial]
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環首死刑
Mandarin: huan2 shou3 si3 xing2
Simplified: 环首死刑
death penalty by hanging
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畏
Mandarin: wei4
to fear | to dread | awe | reverence | to respect | afraid | # adapted from cc-cedict
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畏怯
Mandarin: wei4 qie4
timid; scared; cowardly
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畏懼
Mandarin: wei4 ju4
fear; dread; awe-struck
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畏縮
Mandarin: wei4suo1
Simplified: 畏缩
(verb) Cringe
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畏難
Mandarin: wei4 nan2
Simplified: 畏难
fear of difficulties (為難 wai2 naan4- put somebody in a difficult position)
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畏高
to be scared of heights
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畏高症
Mandarin: wei4 gao1 zheng4
acrophobia; fear of heights [Syn.][國]懼高症
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畫
Mandarin: hua4
Simplified: 画
to delimit | to transfer | to assign | to plan | to draw (a line, a picture) | stroke of a Chinese character | to paint | to sketch | to delineate | to divide | to set aside | to put one's signature | # adapted from cc-cedict
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畫中畫
PIP; Picture-in-Picture
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畫像
Mandarin: hua4 xiang4
a portrait
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畫公仔唔使畫出腸
Mandarin: hua4 gong1 zai3 m2 shi3 hua4 chu1 chang2
Simplified: 画公仔唔使画出肠
Cantonese
don't have to disclose everything; there is no need to spell it out
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畫公仔唔使畫出腸
Cantonese
there is no need for any information; fully understand without thinking (lit., "when drawing a person, there is no need to draw his intestines also")
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畫公仔唔駛畫出腸
Mandarin: hua4 gong1zai3 wu2 shi3 hua4 chu1 chang2
Simplified: 画公仔唔驶画出肠
Cantonese
there is no need to spell it out [colloquial]
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畫公仔畫出腸
Cantonese
too explicit in description, "too much information" (lit., "draw a person and his intestines")
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畫公仔畫出腸
Mandarin: hua4 gong1 zai3 hua4 chu1 chang2
Simplified: 画公仔画出肠
stating the obvious or anything unacceptable (slang)
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畫冊
Mandarin: hua4 ce4
album of paintings / drawings
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畫則
Mandarin: hua4 ze2
Simplified: 画则
Architect
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畫則師
Mandarin: hua4 ze2 shi1
Simplified: 画则师
(noun) an architect
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畫匠
Mandarin: hua4 jiang4
Simplified: 画匠
artisan-painter
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畫報
Mandarin: hua4 bao4
pictorial
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畫家
Mandarin: hua4 jia1
painter
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畫家
Mandarin: hua4 jia1
Simplified: 画家
artist (painter)
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畫屏
Mandarin: hua4 ping2
Simplified: 画屏
painted screen
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畫展
Mandarin: hua4 zhan3
painting exhibition
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畫布
Mandarin: hua4 bu4
a canvas (for painting)
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