Cantonese Dictionary

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瘦骨如柴煲碌竹
Mandarin: shou4 gu3 ru2 chai2 bao1 lu4 zhu2
Extremely thin; as thin as a stick
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燒瓶
Mandarin: shao1 ping2
flask
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乾脆
Mandarin: gan1 cui4
simple, straight-forward; might as well
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任人宰割
Mandarin: ren4 ren2 zai3 ge1
allow others to manipulate and humiliate oneself
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周身蟻
Mandarin: zhou1 shen1 yi3
Simplified: 周身蚁
(slang) in a lot of trouble;
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謝灶
Mandarin: xie4 zao4
Simplified: 谢灶
To express thanks for the god of kitchen
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天后誕
Mandarin: Tian1 hou4 dan4
Simplified: 天后诞
noun; Birthday of Tin Hau
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聚寶盆
Mandarin: ju4 bao3 pen2
cornucopia
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戰略夥伴
Mandarin: zhan4 lve4 huo3 ban4
strategic partner
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春秋航空公司
Mandarin: chun1 qiu1 hang2 kong1 gong1 si1
Spring Airlines
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冇眼屎乾淨盲
Mandarin: mao3 yan3 shi3 gan1 jing4 mang2
Simplified: 冇眼屎干净盲
Cantonese
out of sight, out of mind; better to be ignorant than to know the upsetting truth; to get rid of something or get out of a situation quickly to minimise loss
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丟架
Cantonese
to lose face; to be shamed | [普]: 丟臉, 丟人, 出醜
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民族
Mandarin: min2 zu2
ethnicity
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籌
Mandarin: chou2
Simplified: 筹
chip (in gambling) | token (for counting) | ticket | to prepare | to plan | to raise (funds) | resource | means | tally | strategy | a counter | # adapted from cc-cedict
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龍舟
Mandarin: long2 zhou1
Simplified: 龙舟
dragon boat
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反動份子
Mandarin: fan3 dong4 fen4 zi3
reactionary
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肉丸
Mandarin: rou4 wan2
meatball
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拆檔
Mandarin: chai1 dang4
Simplified: 拆档
to dismantle a stall; to dismiss the partnership
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路徑
Mandarin: lu4 jing4
path, way, method, route (in computing), etc.
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燈油
Mandarin: deng1 you2
lamp oil; kerosene; paraffin oil
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鐵沙梨
Mandarin: tie3 sha1 li2
Cantonese
a very stingy person; a close-fisted and miserly person
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迫使
Mandarin: po4 shi3
force (someone to do something); [2] compelled
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愛巢
Mandarin: ai4 chao2
Simplified: 爱巢
noun; love nest; home for the newly-weds
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涼城
Mandarin: liang2 cheng2
Liangcheng (place in Inner Mongolia)
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嘰嘰趷趷
Mandarin: ji1 ji1 he2 he2
Simplified: 叽叽趷趷
stutter, be annoying, or stand in the way
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teui
Mandarin: all
tui4
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謔
Mandarin: xue4
Simplified: 谑
joy | to joke | to banter | to tease | to mock | Taiwan pr. [nvè] | to jeer | joke | # adapted from cc-cedict
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友情
Mandarin: you3 qing2
friendship; friendly feelings
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何美鈿
Mandarin: he2 mei3 tian2
Ho Mei Tian
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經濟增長
Mandarin: jing1 ji4 zeng1 zhang3
economic growth
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