Cantonese Dictionary

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做牛做馬般
willing horse
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做瓜
Mandarin: zuo4 gua1
to kill
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做生不如做熟
Mandarin: zuo4 sheng1 bu4 ru2 zuo4 shou2
it is better to do what you are familiar with rather than something unknown, it is better to work in a familiar environment than a new working environment
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做生意
to do business; to run a business; to be a businessman
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做生日
Cantonese
celebrate a birthday - to hold a birthday party/banquet and so on (and make a big deal out of it.)
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做百囉
Mandarin: zuo4 bai3 luo2
Simplified: 做百罗
Cantonese
Chinese custom: 100-Day Birthday Celebration for baby
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做盛行
Mandarin: zuo4 sheng4xing2
what is your line of work?; what is your profession? [colloquial]
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做磨心
Mandarin: zuo4 mo4 xin1
to be the middleman; to be someone suffering because of the contradictory interests of two parties; to be someone who is loathed by both sides
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做禮拜
go to church; to worship
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做禱告
Mandarin: zuo4 dao3 gao4
to pray
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做義工
Mandarin: zuo4 yi4 gong1
Simplified: 做义工
Be a volunteer
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做老襯
Mandarin: zuo4 lao3 chen4
Simplified: 做老衬
a newly-wed man | being conned or cheated
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做老闆
Mandarin: zuo4 lao3 ban3
self-employed; to be the boss
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做莊
Mandarin: zuo4 zhuang1
Simplified: 做庄
as the dealer
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做衫
Cantonese
to make dresses; dressmaking
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做賊
Mandarin: zuo4 zei2
Simplified: 做贼
Thieve; be a thief
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做賊
thieve
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做起
to finish making (clothing) in time
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做運動
Mandarin: zuo4 yun4 dong5
Simplified: 做运动
to exercise (physically)
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做過
worked as, was or were (some occupation)
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做醜人
Mandarin: zuo4 chou3 ren2
Simplified: 做丑人
to be the bad guy; to do the tough but necessary things (such as being straightforward and telling someone off)
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做醜人
Mandarin: zuo4 chou3 ren2
play the villain [syn.][國]唱白臉
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做針
Cantonese
to act as an informant (lit., "act as a needle")
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做錯
Mandarin: zuo4 cuo4
to err; to make a mistake
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做阿四
Mandarin: zuo4 a5 si4
Simplified: 做啊四
to be someone's slave or servant; to be a nobody just doing odd jobs for others; to work as a labourer [colloquial]
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做雞
Mandarin: zuo4 ji1
(woman) working as prostitute [Var.] 做鷄
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做飯
Mandarin: zuo4 fan4
to prepare a meal; to cook [粵]: 煮飯
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做餐館
to be in the restaurant business
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做馬
Mandarin: zuo4 ma3
Cantonese
rigged; fixed (as in a competition)
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做騷
Mandarin: zuo4 sao1
Simplified: 做骚
show-off; faking; putting up a publicity stunt
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