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杞
Mandarin: qi3
Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense) | willow | a small ancient state | medlar tree | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict
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越秀公園
Mandarin: Yue4 xiu4 gong1 yuan2
Simplified: 越秀公园
Yuexiu Park; a popular park in Guangzhou, China
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管事
Mandarin: guan3 shi4
To manage; to be in charge; efficacious; effective; of use; manager; steward
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大毛巾
Cantonese
a bath towel
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交吉
Mandarin: jiao1 ji2
vacant possession
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膀手
Mandarin: bang4 shou3
wing arm (one of the Wing Chun/Ving Tsun kung fu 詠春拳's principal hand movement)
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儍
Mandarin: sha3
foolish | stunned | muddle-headed | naïve | stupid | # adapted from cc-cedict
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湧
Mandarin: yong3
to bubble up | to rush forth | to surge | to emerge | to swarm | wonton noodle | a sub group of the 14 K triad gang | # adapted from cc-cedict
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滾㷫
Mandarin: gun3 qing3
Simplified: 滚㷫
emit heat
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一天
Mandarin: yi1 tian1
One Day
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萇
Mandarin: chang2
Simplified: 苌
plant mentioned in Book of Songs, uncertainly identified as carambola or star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) | a surname | # adapted from cc-cedict
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黃帝
Mandarin: huang2 di4
The Yellow Emperor, Huangdi, mythological emperor of China, reigned c. 2697-2597 BC
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茄
Mandarin: jia1
tomato | eggplant | aubergine | # adapted from cc-cedict
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褒忠鄉
Mandarin: bao1 zhong1 xiang1
Paochung (village in Taiwan)
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日上三竿
Mandarin: ri4 shang4 san1 gan1
the sun is already high in the sky, sarcastically hinting it is not early any more
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七巧板
Mandarin: qi1 qiao3 ban3
tangram, the seven piece puzzle
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十問九唔答
Mandarin: shi2 wen4 jiu3 wu2 da2
Cantonese
unresponsive; uncooperative when being questioned (also：十問九唔應)
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國際刑事法庭
The International Criminal Court
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紳寶
Mandarin: shen1 bao3
a Saab (brand of car)
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右耳旁
Mandarin: you4 er3 pang2
Kangxi radical 163 (邑) in its component form 阝 (right side of characters)
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狗眼看人低
Mandarin: gou3 yan3 kan4 ren2 di1
to describe someone who acts like a snob and looks down on others
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檸檬雜飲
lemon squash (a drink: lemon juice, sugar syrup, soda water)
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啲
Mandarin: di1
Cantonese
only a little bit | # adapted from cc-cedict
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打機癮
Mandarin: da3 ji1 yin3
Simplified: 打机瘾
video game addiction [colloquial]
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死心
give up the idea forever
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佈雷
Mandarin: bu4 lei2
to lay mines
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不然
Mandarin: bu4 ran2
[1] not so. Cant. alt.: 唔係咁樣嘅 [2] no (used at the beginning of a sentence to indicate disagreement) Cant. alt.: 唔係嘅 [3] if not; otherwise. Cant. alt.: 唔係嘅話
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讓開
Mandarin: rang4 kai1
to get out of the way; step aside; make way | [粵]: 借借, 借歪
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包園兒
Mandarin: bao1 yuan2 er2
buy the whole lot; finish up or off
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搖搖
[1] shaky, shakily; [2] yo yo (jiu4 jiu4*2)
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