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設局
Mandarin: she4 ju2
design a trap; to set a trap
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打掂
Mandarin: da3 dian1
to erect vertically, standing
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壓縮木
Mandarin: ya1 suo1 mu4
compressed wood
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緘
Mandarin: jian1
Simplified: 缄
letters | to close | to seal | to bind | # adapted from cc-cedict
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鹹水魚
Mandarin: xian2 shui3 yu2
Simplified: 咸水鱼
saltwater fish
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學是學非
Mandarin: xue2 shi4 xue2 fei1
Simplified: 学是学非
noun; gossip or a Hong Kong TVB program "Sidewalk Scientist"
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注目
Mandarin: zhu4 mu4
to stare at; to gaze at
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阿阿大笑
laugh out loud
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棄權
Mandarin: qi4 quan2
to abstain from voting; to forfeit; to waive one's right to vote
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上工
Mandarin: shang4 gong1
go to work; start work
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大甲鎮
Mandarin: da4 jia3 zhen4
Tachia (town in Taiwan)
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軍事預算
Mandarin: jun1 shi4 yu4 suan4
military budget
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杆
Mandarin: gan1
pole M: 条tiáo [条] | 根gēn [根] | staff | shaft of spear | post | # adapted from cc-cedict
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獐頭鼠目
Mandarin: zhang1 tou2 shu3 mu4
Simplified: 獐头鼠目
(idiom) obnoxious appearance and cunning-looking
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背誦
Mandarin: bei4 song4
to recite; to repeat from memory
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kèuih
Mandarin: cantonese-only
qu2
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必定
Mandarin: bi4 ding4
be bound to; be sure to | [粵]: also 定必
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社保
Mandarin: she4 bao3
contracted form for either 社會保障 (social security) or 社會保險 (social insurance)
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葺
Mandarin: qi4
to repair | to thatch | to fix | to pile up | to mend | to renovate | to thatch a roof | to polish | to dredge | to overlap | to track down and arrest | # adapted from cc-cedict
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水飯房
Mandarin: shui3fan4 fang2
Simplified: 水饭房
the punishment block in prison [colloquial]
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派對
Mandarin: pai4 dui4
party - loanword from the English "party"
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魚笱
Mandarin: yu2 gou3
Simplified: 鱼笱
a basket for catching fish
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續
Mandarin: xu4
Simplified: 续
to continue | to replenish | to replace | a surname | continued | procedure | # adapted from cc-cedict
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硬橋硬馬
Mandarin: ying4 qiao2 ying4 ma3
Simplified: 硬桥硬马
(proverb) someone's skills and abilities are real; someone is determined and firmed by using tough measures
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沒甚麼
Mandarin: mei2 shen2 me5
nothing; it doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; not very [Var.] 沒什麼 [粵]: 冇乜
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借此機會
Mandarin: jie4 ci3 ji1 hui4
take this opportunity [formal]
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chàih
Mandarin: all
ji4 qi2
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黠
Mandarin: xia2
(phonetic) | crafty | sly | cunning | shrewd | artful | # adapted from cc-cedict
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白鯧
Mandarin: bai2 chang1
Simplified: 白鲳
White Pomfret
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返
Mandarin: hui2
Simplified: 回
Cantonese
to return; to go back (Cantonese)
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