Cantonese Dictionary

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友誼
Mandarin: you3 yi4
friendship; companionship; fellowship
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澳門塔
Macau Tower
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見錢開眼
Mandarin: jian4 qian2 kai1 yan3
Simplified: 见钱开眼
(literally: to open one's eyes wide at the sight of money); to be tempted by money
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開功臣
Cantonese
an elder: an employee who has been around for a long time; one who has been around since company conception
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長江三峽
Mandarin: chang2 jiang1 san1 xia2
Three Gorges
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斧頭打鑿鑿打木
Mandarin: fu3 tou5 da3 zao2 zao2 da3 mu4
Simplified: 斧头打凿凿打木
a metaphor to describe that one thing can always be conquered by another
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大致上
more or less
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鈴鈴
rumble (of earthquake, carts, etc.)
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煙斗
a smoking pipe
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躍起
Mandarin: yue4 qi3
Simplified: 跃起
jump; capriole;upspring
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反之亦然
Mandarin: fan3 zhi1 yi4 ran2
vice versa
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明白
Mandarin: ming2 bai5
to understand
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巴屎閉閉
Mandarin: ba1 shi3 bi4 bi4
Simplified: 巴屎闭闭
effing arrogant; flashy; impressive [colloquial]
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豆袋
beanbag
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戴四方帽
Mandarin: dai4 si4 fang1 mao4
verb; to put on the square academic cap, meaning to graduate from university or college
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大熔爐
Mandarin: da4 rong2 lu2
melting pot (of peoples, cultures,...) [Syn.] 熔爐 , 坩堝
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雞冠
Mandarin: ji1 guan1
crest; cockscomb, coxcomb (Celosia argentea var. cristata)
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包拗頸
Mandarin: bao1 niu4 jing3
Cantonese
variant of 包頂頸
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避諱
Mandarin: bi4 hui4
a word or phrase to be avoided as taboo; a taboo; to evade, to dodge
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今時今日
right now; at this time; nowadays
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搏鬥
Mandarin: bo2 dou4
to wrestle; to fight; to struggle
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呼號
Mandarin: hu1 hao4
to cry; call out
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不信任案
Mandarin: bu4 xin4 ren4 an4
no-confidence motion; a vote of censure
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利器
Mandarin: li4 qi4
[n] cold iron, cold steel; edged tools, sharp weapons
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家下
Mandarin: jia1 xia5
(adv.) now; at the moment.
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德語
Mandarin: de2 yu3
the German language
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共性
Mandarin: gong4 xing4
overall character
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唔嗅米氣
Mandarin: n2 xiu4 mi3 qi4
Simplified: 唔嗅米气
Cantonese
not eating enough rice; not being smart in social | inter-personal aspects
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冤住
Mandarin: yuan1 zhu4
Cantonese
cling to; stick to; not leave alone [粵]黐住；[國]纏著；黏著
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苡
Mandarin: yi3
common plantain (Plantago major) | barley | # adapted from cc-cedict
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