Cantonese Dictionary

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百思不得其解
Mandarin: bai3 si1 bu4 de2 qi2 jie3
to think over sth. repeatedly without coming to a conclusion, solution or answer
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唔使唔該
Mandarin: m2 shi3 wu2 gai1
Simplified: 唔使唔该
Cantonese
no need to thanks (spoken)
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北京時間
Mandarin: bei3 jing1 shi2 jian1
Chinese Standard Time
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塞舌爾群島
Mandarin: sai4 she2 er3 qun2 dao3
Seychelles
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欒
Mandarin: luan2
Simplified: 栾
Koelreuteria paniculata | a part of cornice | rim of the mouth of a bell | # adapted from cc-cedict
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地雷拉發線
Mandarin: di4 lei2 la1 fa1 xian4
a tripwire; a trip wire
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自動
Mandarin: zi4 dong4
automatic; voluntary
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冥婚
Mandarin: ming2 hun1
posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)
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弄巧反拙
Mandarin: nong4 qiao3 fan3 zhuo1
wanting to show off at first but end up doing stupid things
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sī
Mandarin: all
shi1
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睜眉突眼
Mandarin: zheng1 mei2 tu2 yan3
Simplified: 睁眉突眼
to glare at with eyes wide open
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人哋
Mandarin: ren2 di4
Cantonese
(pronoun) they; he; she; I; other people; everybody else
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誇張
Mandarin: kua1 zhang1
to exaggerate, to overstate
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曬冷
Mandarin: shai4 leng3
Simplified: 晒冷
Cantonese
to show one's hand | 'all in' in poker games; to show all one has to others [colloquial]
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古拉格群島
The Gulag Archipelago
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seūng
Mandarin: all
xiang1
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額外
Mandarin: e4 wai4
extra
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鳥瞰
Mandarin: niao3 kan4
have/get a bird's eye view of sth; general survey; overall idea
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侵害
Mandarin: qin1 hai4
to encroach; to infringe
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特區護照
Mandarin: te4 qu1 hu4 zhao4
Simplified: 特区护照
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport (HKSAR passport)
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苟且
Mandarin: gou3 qie3
[1] drift along; resigned to circumstances [2] careless; perfunctorily [3] illicit (sexual relations); improper
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家事
Mandarin: jia1 shi4
housework
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歸入
Mandarin: gui1 ru4
to assign (to a class); to classify as; to include
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波子棋
jumping in Chinese Chess (跳棋); chinese checkers
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枋寮鄉
Mandarin: fang1 liao2 xiang1
Fangliao (village in Taiwan)
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俱五刑
Mandarin: ju4 wu3 xing2
five cutting (form of execution) which is cutting away the head, feet, hands, ears as well as gouging out the eyes. Usually, after a person is killed will one cut away the head, hands and feet.
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彳亍
Mandarin: chi4 chu4
take small steps; want to walk but not walk
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奉
Mandarin: feng4
to offer (tribute) | to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) | to esteem | to revere | to believe in (a religion) | to wait upon | to accept orders (from superior) | to proffer | to serve | having the honour to | to give | to receive | # adapted from cc-cedict
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冷外套
Mandarin: leng3 wai4tao4
cardigan [written and colloquial]
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唔啱講到啱
Mandarin: wu2 yan2 jiang3 dao4 yan2
Cantonese
negotiate towards a compromise in a dispute
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