Cantonese Dictionary

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吟詩作對
Mandarin: yin2 shi1 zuo4 dui4
Simplified: 吟诗作对
Composing poems and couplets
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楠木
Mandarin: nan2 mu4
Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
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冇大冇細
Mandarin: mao3 da4 mao3 xi4
Simplified: 冇大冇细
Cantonese
'don't know one's place': describes a disrespectful behavior towards an elder, normally a saying from an elder to the youngster who disrespects them
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麵青青
Mandarin: mian4 jing1 jing1
Simplified: 面青青
pale
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放光蟲
a glow worm (larva of firefly)
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翠玉瓜
Cantonese
zucchini; courgette
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坳胡
Mandarin: ao4 hu2
scary people in the fairy tales, it is used to scare children
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海金沙
Mandarin: hai3 jin1 sha1
Lygodium japonicu, a Japanese climbing fern
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板岩
Mandarin: ban3 yan2
slate
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檐口
a cornice
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風月場所
Mandarin: feng1 yue4 chang3 suo3
Simplified: 风月场所
a vice establishment; a place of debauchery; the red light district
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雪恨
Mandarin: xue3 hen4
to avenge
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靈格風
Mandarin: ling2 ge2 feng1
Simplified: 灵格风
Linguaphone (Language training instiution)
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推廣
Mandarin: tui1 guang3
Simplified: 推广
to promote; to market
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魯仲連
Cantonese
to mediate in a dispute; Lu Zhonglian
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英年
[n] day of youthful vigor
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蘊藏
Mandarin: yun4 cang2
to store up; to have a large supply
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幾難先至
Mandarin: ji3 nan2 xian1 zhi4
Simplified: 几难先至
to describe something is hard to come by, difficult to achieve
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生機
Mandarin: sheng1 ji1
opportunity to life; reprieve from death; life force; vitality
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竹樹
Mandarin: zhu2 shu4
Simplified: 竹树
Bamboo 'tree' (strictly speaking bamboo belongs to the grass family, however many will call it bamboo 'tree' as it can grow to a very tall height)
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不溶的
Mandarin: bu4 rong2 de5
insoluble
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航空兵
Mandarin: hang2 kong1 bin1
air arm; airman
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參閲
Mandarin: can1 yue4
Simplified: 参阅
to read and take it as reference
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唔係好
Cantonese
not very; not that; not so | Mand.: 不很; 不大; 不太 | Syn.: 唔係幾
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應付
Mandarin: ying4 fu5
deal with; cope with
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麥嘜
Mandarin: mai4 ma4
Simplified: 麦唛
McMug, a cartoon character featured in comic strips
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seun
Mandarin: all
xin4
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升格
Mandarin: sheng1 ge2
to promote
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勁抽
Mandarin: jin4 chou1
Simplified: 劲抽
great; extraordinary; powerful (person)
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金婚
Mandarin: jin1 hun1
golden wedding (50th anniversary)
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