Cantonese Dictionary

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渴求
to crave; craving
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Mandarin: ming3 ming2
tea; tea of good quality; tender tea leaves
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囑咐
Mandarin: zhu3 fu4
to exhort; to enjoin; to tell | [粵]: 吩咐
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千絲萬縷
Mandarin: qian1 si1 wan4 lv3
countless ties; a thousand and one links
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muhng
Mandarin: all
meng4
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後仰式
[yoga] backbends
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槓上開花
Mandarin: gang4 shang4 kai1 hua1
Simplified: 杠上开花
one of the ways to win in a Mahjong game
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唔關你事
Mandarin: wu2 guan1 ni3 shi4
Simplified: 唔关你事
Cantonese
none of your concern, nothing that you need to know
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Mandarin: yin2
3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger | to respect | reverence | respectfully | # adapted from cc-cedict
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富於
to be rich in, to be full of
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當造
Mandarin: dang1 zao4
Simplified: 当造
(adjective) seasonal
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新高
Mandarin: xin1 gao1
a new high record; peak
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一般來說
Mandarin: yi4 ban1 lai2 shuo1
generally speaking
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嘉善
Mandarin: jia1 shan4
Jiashan (place in Zhejiang)
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夜校
Mandarin: ye4 xiao4
night school | also called 夜學
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掹出
Cantonese
to pull sth (from pockets, boxes, etc)
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傍敲側擊
Mandarin: pang2 qiao1 ce4 ji2
to ask slyly; to fish for answers; to talk in an oblique manner; to beat about the bush | Also written as '旁敲側擊'
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大場面
Mandarin: da4 chang3mian4
Simplified: 大场面
a big event; a big scene [colloquial]
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果然
Mandarin: guo3 ran2
sure enough; as expected/anticipated; really
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率爾
Mandarin: shuai4 er3
Simplified: 率尔
(noun) offhandedness when composing; Or (verb) to dash off when writing
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杯耳
Mandarin: bei1 er3
(noun) the handles of cups
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理智上
Mandarin: li3 zhi4 shang4
intellectually
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搊後腳
Mandarin: chou1 hou4 jiao3
Simplified: 搊后脚
twisting someone's words and using it against them
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茅塞頓開
Mandarin: mao2 se4 dun4 kai1
suddenly understand sth.; suddenly see the light
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周杰倫
Mandarin: zhou1 jie2 lun2
Jay Chou
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Mandarin: ji2
urgent | pressing | rapid | hurried | worried | to make (sb) anxious | quickly | # adapted from cc-cedict
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甩賣
Mandarin: shuai3 mai4
to mark down (the price of goods); to sell off cheap
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敏慧
Mandarin: min3 hui4
smart; clever
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鬼打鬼
Mandarin: gui3 da3 gui3
(slang) infighting; internecine conflict of the people involved; quarrel among a group internally; falling out amongst villians
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後便
Mandarin: hou4 bian4
Simplified: 后便
(adverb | preposition | noun) back; (adjective) in the rear; behind
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