Cantonese Dictionary

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昨天
Mandarin: zuo2 tian1
yesterday | Cant.: 琴日; 尋日 | Syn.: 昨日
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掌紋相術
palmistry
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吹
Mandarin: chui1
[1] [v] blow; puff [2] brag; boast; praise in exaggerated words [3] [v] break up
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尊
Mandarin: zun1
senior | of a senior generation | to honor | to respect | honorific | classifier for cannons and statues | a title of respect | an image | statute of god | Buddha | high and above | a polite way of saying 'your' | # adapted from cc-cedict
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顏面掃地
Mandarin: yan2 mian4 sao3 di4
great loss of face
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八通街
Mandarin: ba1 tong1 jie1
the spread of gossips to everywhere [colloquial]
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拗痕
Mandarin: ao3 hen2
to scratch an itch [colloquial]
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新字體
Mandarin: xin1 zi4 ti3
Simplified: 新字体
the new character form, Shinjitai, which is used in Japan
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有志者事竟成
Mandarin: you3 zhi4 zhe3 shi4jing4 cheng2
where there's a will, there's a way
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四眼婆
Mandarin: si4 yan3 po2
old lady wearing glasses (slang)
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地踎茶居
Cantonese
cheap restaurant, cheap Chinese tea house
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退位
Mandarin: tui4 wei4
to abdicate (the throne)
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木魚
dried bonito; dried skipjack
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偶然
Mandarin: ou3 ran2
incidentally, occasional(ly)
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統一戰線
Mandarin: tong3 yi1 zhan4 xian4
united front
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樂觀主義
Mandarin: le4 guan1 zhu3 yi4
optimism
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衷
Mandarin: zhong1
inner feelings | from the bottom of one's heart | impartial | underwear | heart | centre | to encircle | upright | happy | good | loyal | # adapted from cc-cedict
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澗
Mandarin: jian4
Simplified: 涧
mountain stream | brook | ravine | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鬆馳
Mandarin: song1 chi2
Simplified: 松驰
to relax; relaxation; to loosen up; unbend;laxity
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何以見得
Mandarin: he2 yi3 jian4 de2
why do you think so; how do you come to this conclusion
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任天堂
Nintendo is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and software company headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Nintendo is one of the world's largest video game companies.
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老作嘅
Cantonese
"to make something up" (to say/accuse that something really doesn't exist)
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政局
Mandarin: zheng4 ju2
political situation
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東勢鎮
Mandarin: dong1 shi4 zhen4
Tungshih (town in Taiwan)
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yūn
Mandarin: all
yuan1
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出芽
germinate, germination | Syn: 發芽
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鰨沙魚
Cantonese
a flatfish
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空氣阻力
Mandarin: kong1 qi4 zu3 li4
atmospheric drag
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光害
Mandarin: guang1 hai4
Light Pollution
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曲
Mandarin: qu1
bent | crooked | wrong | a bend | a curve | irrational | tune | melody a type of verse for singing in the Yuan dynasty | song | drama | opera | a nook | a recess | private in army | a surname | in a roundabout way | # adapted from cc-cedict
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