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24 results for “脷”
脷苔
Mandarin: li4 tai2
tongue coating
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繑脷
Mandarin: jue2 li4
cannot speak smoothly; hard to pronounce; difficult to say
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脷苔
Cantonese
coating on tongue; fur on the tongue
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牛脷
Mandarin: niu2 li4
(noun) xo's tongue; Or (food) bovine tongue
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豬脷
Mandarin: zhu1 li4
Simplified: 猪脷
pig's tongue
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龍脷
Mandarin: long2 li4
Cantonese
sole -- a type of flatfish
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乸脷
Mandarin: na2 li4
lit. stinging one's tongue, meaning very costly, or something or a person who is very tough to handle or bear with
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揦脷
Mandarin: la2 li4
strong taste; too salty; too spicy (spoken) | expensive (spoken)
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龍脷
Mandarin: long2 li4
Simplified: 龙脷
sole (fish)
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鴨脷
Mandarin: ya1 li4
Simplified: 鸭脷
duck tongue
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橫脷
Mandarin: heng2 li4
Simplified: 横脷
pig pancreas
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鴨脷洲
Mandarin: ya1 li4 zhou1
Simplified: 鸭脷洲
Ap Lei Chau, an island offshore from Hong Kong Island in the Southern District
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𦧲𦧲脷
Cantonese
slurred [speech]
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舐舐脷
Cantonese
to lick; to lick one's lips in anticipation of eating sth. yummy
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豬橫脷
Mandarin: zhu1 guang1 li4
Simplified: 猪橫脷
pig's pancreas
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黐脷筋
Mandarin: chi1 li4 jin1
speak with a lisp | stigmatism
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黐脷根
Mandarin: chi1 li4 gen1
tongue-tied (ankyloglossia); stigmatism | lisp
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條脷無毛
Mandarin: tiao2 li4 wu2mao2
Simplified: 条脷无毛
euphemism for '你老母', 'fuck your mother'. foul language insulting one's mother when cursing someone [colloquial]
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攻鼻揦脷
Mandarin: gong1 bi2 la2 li4
to describe a smell that irritates the nose and a flavour that irritates the taste buds
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三口兩脷
Mandarin: san1 kou3 liang3 li4
Simplified: 三口两脷
three mouths two tongues, which means lack of credibility
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口嚡脷素
Mandarin: kou3 hai4 li4 su4
not having a good appetite
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開口及著脷
Mandarin: kai1kou3 ji2 zhe5 li4
Simplified: 开口及着脷
to put one's foot in one's mouth; to keep on saying the wrong or inappropriate things whenever one speaks [colloquial]
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開口及着脷
Mandarin: kai1 kou3 ji2 zhe5 li4
Simplified: 开口及着脷
(literally: to open one's mouth and bite one's tongue); to be consistently saying the wrong thing
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開口夾著脷
Mandarin: kai1 kou3 jia1 zhe5 li4
Simplified: 开口夹着脷
to say something that is not supposed to be talked about or something that causes embarrassment or that will offend others
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