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貪小失大
Mandarin: tan1 xiao3 shi1 da4
covet a little and lose a lot; seek small gains but incur big losses; penny wise but pound foolish
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肏屄
Mandarin: cao4 bi1
to fuck
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春宮
Mandarin: chun1 gong1
pornography
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兵家
Mandarin: bing1 jia1
military strategist in ancient China; military commander; soldier
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微利
Mandarin: wei1 li4
little profits
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腦海
Mandarin: nao3 hai3
the mind
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查核
to check
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交叉雙腿
Mandarin: jiao1 cha1 shuang1 tui3
to cross one's legs
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牙帶魚
Mandarin: ya2 dai4 yu2
Simplified: 牙带鱼
hairtail fish | belt fish
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坐波監
Mandarin: zuo4 bo1 jian1
Simplified: 坐波监
when a player is penalized, having to sit out on a yellow card and cannot play in ball games for a certain period of time
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自助餐
Mandarin: zi4 zhu4 can1
buffet style meal; smorgasbord (lit., "help yourself meal")
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矮瓜
Cantonese
eggplant (Mandarin equivalent: 茄子)[Syn][粵]茄瓜
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雷龍
[n] brontosaur, brontosaurus
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鬻
Mandarin: yu4
an alternative form for 粥, congee | # adapted from cc-cedict
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夾棍
Mandarin: jia1 gun4
Execution by squeezing| related term: 食夾棍
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國家廣播公司
Mandarin: guo2 jia1 guang3 bo1 gong1 si1
National Broadcasting Company
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羅盤
Mandarin: luo2 pan2
a compass (for determining direction)
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斷續
Mandarin: duan4 xu4
[1] intermittent; interrupted [2] [legal] juncture
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位移
Mandarin: wei4 yi2
displacement (vector); bit shift (in computing)
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攤屍
Mandarin: tan1 shi1
Simplified: 摊尸
noun; corpse pose, flat on the back, Savasana(yoga)
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薄餅
Cantonese
pizza [華]: 披薩 , 披薩餅 , 比薩 , 比薩餅
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je
Mandarin: all
jie4
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候斯頓
Cantonese
Houston (pre-1997 transliteration)
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茶果
Mandarin: cha2 guo3
steamed glutinous rice dumpling
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吐氣
Mandarin: tu3 qi4
give vent to one's feelings (lit., "emit breath")
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自新
Mandarin: zi4 xin1
oneself (spoken)
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宋慶齡
Mandarin: Song4 qing4 ling2
Song Qingling or Rosemonde Soong (1893 - 1981), Dr Sun Yat-Sen's wife (and subsequently widow)
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遵照
Mandarin: zun1 zhao4
in accordance with; according to; complying to, in compliance with
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勝負
Mandarin: sheng4 fu4
win or lose, success or failure
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芳心
Mandarin: fang1 xin1
the affection, or heart, of a young woman
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