Cantonese Dictionary

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Mandarin: ken3
crux | meat joints | # adapted from cc-cedict
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漁利
Mandarin: yu2 li4
easy gains; reap unfair gains; profit at other's expense
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傳統中國醫藥
Mandarin: chuan2 tong3 zhong1 guo2 yi1 yao4
Chinese traditional medicine
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傾囊相助
Mandarin: qing1 nang2 xiang1 zhu4
offer generous monetary assitance; empty one's wallet to help sb. [also] 解囊相助
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冚區旗
Mandarin: kan3 qu1 qi2
Cantonese
(in Hong Kong) of a police officer or fireman to die in service
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當隠形
Mandarin: dang1 yin3 xing2
Simplified: 当隠形
to treat someone as a nobody or irrelevant or unimportant [colloquial]
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成氣候
Mandarin: cheng2 qi4 hou5
Simplified: 成气候
having a prospect or an achievement
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保守派
Mandarin: bao3 shou3 pai4
conservative faction/section
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姨媽到
Mandarin: yi2 ma1 dao4
Simplified: 姨妈到
noun; menstrual cycle, period come, my aunt Flo is visiting
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身㷫
Mandarin: shen1 qing3
fever
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猝死
Mandarin: cu4 si3
die abruptly; die suddenly; sudden death
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照樣
Mandarin: zhao4 yang4
as before; as usual
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跌傷
to fall and injure oneself
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sou
Mandarin: all
su4
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安省
Mandarin: an1 sheng3
Ontario, Canada
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打破僵局
Mandarin: da3 po4 jiang1 ju2
break the deadlock
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戒奶
Mandarin: jie4 nai3
stop feeding on milk (babies growing up into a child)
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挑撥者
Mandarin: tiao3 bo1 zhe3
instigator; perpetrator
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確立
Mandarin: que4 li4
to establish; to set up; to institute
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兩睇
Mandarin: liang3 di4
Simplified: 两睇
Cantonese
depends (spoken)
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懶佬
Mandarin: lan3 lao3
Simplified: 懒佬
noun; loafer , lazy guy
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住宅單位
residential units
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內部
Mandarin: nei4 bu4
interior, inside part
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作準備
plan; smooth path; warm up; gird
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單元
Mandarin: dan1 yuan2
[1] unit; sub-unit; unit element [2] (computer) cell; location
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目連
Mandarin: mu4 lian2
(Buddhist 佛) Mahamaudgalyayana or Kolita.One of Shakyamuni Buddha's ten major disciples, known as foremost in transcendental powers.
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帶隊
Mandarin: dai4 dui4
lead a team; lead a group of people
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大破慳囊
Mandarin: da4 po4 qian1 nang2
Simplified: 大破悭囊
Cantonese
to fork out a lot of money generously, especially to describe those who are usually very frugal | parsimonious
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濾水
Mandarin: lv4 shui3
Simplified: 滤水
to filter water
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人講你又講
Mandarin: ren2 jiang3 ni3 you4 jiang3
Simplified: 人讲你又讲
someone who says things said by others, meaning a person lacks the critical and analytical skills to process information
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