Cantonese Dictionary

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京山
Mandarin: jing1 shan1
Jingshan (place in Hubei)
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催淚
Mandarin: cui1 lei4
tearjerking
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中國國家船舶公司
Mandarin: zhong1 guo2 guo2 jia1 chuan2 bo2 gong1 si1
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)
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筋肉擂台
Muscle Ranking (HKTV show)
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鉅獻
Mandarin: ju4 xian4
monumental contribution; monumental work [also] 巨獻
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行得正，企得正
Mandarin: xing2 de2 zheng4 , qi3 de2 zheng4
those who haven't done anything wrong have nothing to fear
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棉紡廠
Mandarin: mian2 fang3 chang3
Simplified: 棉纺厂
cotton spinning mill
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隔來
Mandarin: ge2 lai2
Simplified: 隔来
beside;next to; next door (neighbour)
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一發
Mandarin: yi1 fa1
Simplified: 一发
classifier for bullets
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橫𠶧
Mandarin: Heng2 dian1
Simplified: 横𠶧
(adverb) anyhow; regardless
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滿天星
Baby's Breath (flower 花) - a plant which has equally poetic names in both English and Chinese. The nature of the plant is such that it has no leaves but many many small white buds upon long stems, making it look like little puffed clouds or a sky full of stars (滿天星).
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打字機
Mandarin: da3 zi4 ji1
typewriter
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洋錢
Mandarin: yang2 qian2
flat silver former coinage; foreign money
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澳洲之山賊
Mandarin: ao4 zhou1 zhi1 shan1 zei2
[n] bushranger; -- outlaws (usually robbers) of early Australian settlement (in nineteenth century) who took refuge in the bush (undeveloped rural areas).
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法書
Mandarin: fa3 shu1
Simplified: 法书
legal books
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鋸到一頸血
Mandarin: ju4 dao4 yi1 jing3 xie3
Simplified: 锯到一颈血
to be ripped off big time; to suffer a big loss from a fraud or deception [colloquial]
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一餐
Mandarin: yi1 can1
classifier for meals
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悠閑
ease, leisurely
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打啤
Mandarin: da3 pi2
but; yet; however; nevertheless (loanword from Malay) [colloquial - only used in South East Asia as it is a loan word from Malay]
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攻破
breach; make a breakthrough
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北投區
Mandarin: bei3 tou2 qu1
Peitou (area in Taiwan)
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屁股溝
Mandarin: pi4 gu3 gou1
buttock cleavage; bum cleavage; arse crack; ass crack
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為食啄
Mandarin: wei4 shi2 zhuo2
Cantonese
glutton
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字一色
Mandarin: zi4 yi1 se4
a combination in mahjong
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一網打盡
Mandarin: yi1 wang3 da3 jin4
a clean sweep (lit., "to catch everything in one net"); to capture criminals all at once; to solve a problem at one fell swoop
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擺上台
Cantonese
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油多
Mandarin: you2 duo1
(adjective) too much oil; oily
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發老脾
Mandarin: fa1 lao3 pi2
Simplified: 发老脾
throw a tantrum (spoken)
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能手
Mandarin: neng2 shou3
[n] expert
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金華
Mandarin: jin1 hua2
Jinhua (city in Zhejiang), Kam Wah
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