Cantonese Dictionary

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飲馬投錢
Mandarin: yin4 ma3 tou2 qian2
Simplified: 饮马投钱
literally: 'to pay even for a horse's drink of water', to describe the extreme honesty of someone who does not seek private gain at public expense, who has integrity and probity
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八婆
Mandarin: ba1 po2
(of coarse language) bitch
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伊朗高原
Plateau of Iran
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扁
Cantonese
No definition available
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總裁助理
Mandarin: zong3 cai2 zhu4 li3
the president's assistant
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晒相舖
Cantonese
a photo developing shop
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yúng
Mandarin: all
yong3
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曲式
Mandarin: qu3 shi4
[music] musical form
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對華
Mandarin: dui4 hua2
(policy, etc.) towards China
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口響
Mandarin: kou3 xiang3
Simplified: 口响
promising easily | stating a fact without prove or thought
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貓魚
Mandarin: mao1 yu2
a small fish as cat's food
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豺
Mandarin: chai2
dog-like animal | ravenous beast | dhole (Cuon Alpinus) | jackal | wolf | cruel | wicked | mean | # adapted from cc-cedict
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睏
Mandarin: kun4
be tired; sleepy
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老街站
Mandarin: lao3 jie1 zhan4
Laojie Station
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票
Cantonese
No definition available
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慰留
Mandarin: wei4 liu2
to persuade (employees) to stay; to urge someone to stay on
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大話精
Mandarin: da4 hua4 jing1
Simplified: 大话精
noun; Spin doctor or big fat liar
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考起
Mandarin: kao3 qi3
'beats me'; 'search me' (when being challenged by a difficult question or situation)
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外心
Mandarin: wai4 xin1
unfaithful intentions (of husband or wife); [math.] circumcentre
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輕舉妄動
Mandarin: qing1 ju3 wang4 dong4
act blindly without thinking
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鴻毛
Mandarin: hong2 mao2
Simplified: 鸿毛
a goose feather -- something very light or insignificant
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魚水和諧
Mandarin: yu2 shui3 he2 xie2
to live in harmony (like fish and water), generally described an affectionate couple
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草叢
Mandarin: cao3 cong2
underbrush
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淡水小龍蝦
crawfish
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吵
Mandarin: chao3
[1] [adj] noisy; tumultuous; uproarious [2] [v] shout; make a noise [3] [v] quarrel; bicker; squabble
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蠟青
Mandarin: la4 qing1
Simplified: 蜡青
asphalt
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英文字
[n] English writing
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鼓棍
Mandarin: gu3 gun4
[music] drum stick, drumstick [Syn.] 鼓棒, 鼓槌
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礫
Mandarin: li4
Simplified: 砾
gravel | small stone | pebbles | # adapted from cc-cedict
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蔗蝦
Mandarin: zhe4 xia1
Simplified: 蔗虾
grilled shrimp with sugarcrane
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