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樓價
property value; price of flats, apartments, or buildings
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新寧
Mandarin: xin1 ning2
Xinning (place in Hunan)
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大躍進
Mandarin: da4 yue4 jin4
the Great Leap Forward (1956-1958)
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省港旗兵
Mandarin: sheng3 gang3 qi2 bing1
robbers from Mainland China who robs in Hong Kong (slang)
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爛尾
Cantonese
an abandoned project (lit., "broken tail")
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空口說白話
Mandarin: kong1 kou3 shuo1 bai2 hua4
all talk no action; pay lip service to [syn.][粵]空口講白話
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喼帽
Mandarin: ji2 mao4
tweed caps
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城市當代舞蹈團
Mandarin: cheng2 shi4 dang1 dai4 wu3 dao4 duan2
Simplified: 城市当代舞蹈团
City Contemporary Dance Company
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內傷
[1] an internal injury (of the body) [2] [TCM] disorder of internal organs caused by improper diet, fatigue, emotional strains, sexual excess, etc.
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綵燈
Mandarin: cai3 deng1
Simplified: 彩灯
Festive lantern
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高度評價
Mandarin: gao1 du4 ping2 jia4
Simplified: 高度评价
to speak highly of somebody;high praise
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暴雨警告
Mandarin: bao4 yu3 jing3 gao4
rainstorm warning
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偷呃拐騙
Cantonese
stealing, cheating, swindling
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三國
Mandarin: San1 guo2
Simplified: 三国
(noun) Three country
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副刊
Mandarin: fu4 kan1
a supplement (of a newspaper)
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取錢
Mandarin: qu3 qian2
withdraw money
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草原袋鼠
Bettongia species (rat-kangaroos)
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做為
Mandarin: zuo4 wei2
act as
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老脾
Mandarin: lao3 pi2
tantrum; emotional outbreak (spoken)
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大煞風景
Mandarin: da4 sha4 feng1 jing3
dampening one's spirit
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講緊電話
Cantonese
speaking on the phone (at the present time). | Mand.: 在講電話
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冂
Mandarin: jiong1
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用, 同, 网 etc | see also 同字框tóngzìkuàng [同字框] | wide | # adapted from cc-cedict
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fēi pui
Mandarin: all
fei1 pei4
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解犯
Mandarin: jie4 fan4
To escort a prisoner under guard
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逃生
flee for one's life
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刑罰
penalty; punishment
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道歉
Mandarin: dao4 qian4
(verb) to say sorry
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崩口人忌崩口碗
Mandarin: beng1 kou3 ren2 ji4 beng1 kou3 wan3
(proverb) literally: 'someone with a harelip is to avoid using a chipped bowl', it implies that one should avoid mentioning things that are related to other people's flaws; one should avoid things that will draw attention to one's shortcomings
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聯合國人權委員會
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
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購物
Mandarin: gou4 wu4
shopping | Syn.: 買東西 | Cant.: 買嘢
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