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河池
Mandarin: he2 chi2
Hechi (city in Guangxi)
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贏面
Mandarin: ying2 mian4
Simplified: 赢面
chances of winning (spoken)
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屈過去
taking a short cut across the road when driving
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乾涸
dried up (water, also finances).
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樓底
Mandarin: lou2 di3
Simplified: 楼底
(noun) the distance from the floor to ceiling in an apartment
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摷櫃桶
Cantonese
search the drawers
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社壇
Mandarin: she4 tan2
Simplified: 社坛
(noun) the shrine of the Earth God
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過河卒
Mandarin: guo4 he2 zu2
Simplified: 过河卒
(advanced pawn) terminology used in Chinese chess, meaning no retreat, no way back; a catspaw
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面對面
Mandarin: mian4 dui4 mian4
face-to-face
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擦錯鞋
Mandarin: ca1 cuo4 xie2
Simplified: 擦错鞋
to flatter the wrong person in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinion
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三藩市華埠
Mandarin: san1 fan1 shi4 Hua2 bu4
Simplified: 三藩市华埠
San Francisco Chinatown
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林敏聰
Mandarin: lin2 min3 cong1
Lam Man-Chung (composer and actor)
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檸
Mandarin: ning2
lemon
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入境問禁
Mandarin: ru4 jing4 wen4 jin4
Simplified: 入境问禁
upon entering someone else's premises, one must check what is permittable in order not to upset host or owner
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粉底
powder foundation
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脅持
Mandarin: xie2 chi2
to hold or seize under duress
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朘
Mandarin: juan1
a child's penis | # adapted from cc-cedict
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chàhm
Mandarin: all
xun2
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婚活族
Mandarin: hun1 huo2 zu2
marriage hunter, a person who goes all out to find a marriage partner (joining every possible social activity, etc.)
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出嫁
Mandarin: chu1 jia4
to get married (of woman)
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平板
Mandarin: ping2 ban3
(noun) Flat screen
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大柴
Mandarin: Da4chai2
a police seargant [colloquial]
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九不答八
Mandarin: jiu3 bu4 da2 ba1
give answers not related to the question
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開牌
Mandarin: kai1 pai2
(mahjong) to cut the wall to begin distributing tiles to begin the game
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通緝
Mandarin: tong1 ji1
wanted by the police (fugitive or criminal)
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中校
Mandarin: zhong1 xiao4
middle ranking officer in Chinese army corresponding to a lieutenant colonel or commander
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奀挑鬼命
Cantonese
extremely skinny and frail
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沖廁
Mandarin: chong1 ce4
Simplified: 冲厕
to flush the toilet; toilet flush
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癦屎
Mandarin: mo4 shi3
mole (spoken)
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過日晨
Mandarin: guo4 ri4 chen2
Simplified: 过日晨
to do something just to pass the time [colloquial]
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