Cantonese Dictionary

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吊高嚟賣
Mandarin: diao4 gao1 li2 mai4
Simplified: 吊高嚟卖
Cantonese
to sell | promote something at a higher value than it is supposed to be; it describes people who become difficult | picky, or want more benefits, because they suddenly become more popular
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要素
Mandarin: yao4su4
(noun) Important or main element
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擢升
Mandarin: zhuo2 sheng1
to promote; to advance; promotion
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義理
Mandarin: yi4 li3
doctrine (esp. religious); argumentation (in a speech or essay)
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兵不厭詐
Mandarin: bing2 bu4*2 yan4 zha4
"All's fair in war."; any means necessary, including deception, are fair game during war
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越南人
Mandarin: Yue4 nan2 ren2
Vietnamese (people)
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順手牽羊
Cantonese
to steal sth at a convenient time and place without having to go out of one's way to do so (lit., "lead a sheep away when convenient")
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朗廷酒店
Langham Hotel, Mongkok Hong Kong.
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親力親為
Mandarin: qin1 li4 qin1 wei4
to do sth. personally; DIY
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男性親屬
Mandarin: nan2 xing4 qin1 shu3
kinsman
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希圖
Mandarin: xi1 tu2
Simplified: 希图
to plot; to devise
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阿媽
Mandarin: ma1 ma5
Simplified: 妈妈
Cantonese
mother; mom (Cantonese)
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繑起
Mandarin: jue2 qi3
obstacle; to put someone in a difficult position
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污煙障氣
Mandarin: wu1 yan1 zhang4 qi4
Simplified: 污烟障气
chaotic disorder; pandemonium; miasma [written and colloquial]
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廳
Mandarin: ting1
Simplified: 厅
(reception) hall | living room | office | provincial government department | # adapted from cc-cedict
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崔亞琳
Mandarin: cui1 ya4 lin2
Charles Yah Lin Trie (Arkansas restauranteur)
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開門辦學
Mandarin: kai1 men2 ban4 xue2
Simplified: 开门办学
open-door schooling
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白田邨
Mandarin: bai2 tian2 cun1
Simplified: 白田村
Pak Tin Estate, place in Hong Kong
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紅紅
Mandarin: hong2hong2
Simplified: 红红
very red [written and colloquial]
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寶崗大道
Mandarin: bao3 gang3 da4 dao4
Simplified: 宝岗大道
Baogang Avenue, located in Guangzhou, China
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縮撚開
Mandarin: suo1 nian3 kai1
Simplified: 缩撚开
get the fuck off me; get the fuck out of here [colloquial]
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質量保證
Mandarin: zhi4 liang2 bao3 zheng4
quality assurance
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決斷
Mandarin: jue2 duan4
to decide
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庫爾勒
Mandarin: ku4 er3 le4
Ku'erle (city in Xinjiang)
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gáan
Mandarin: all
jian3
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合成語境
Mandarin: he2 cheng2 yu3 jing4
composite context
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人數
Mandarin: ren2 shu4
number of people
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野驢
Mandarin: ye3 lv2
Asiatic wild ass; kiang
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彈簧秤
Mandarin: tan2 huang2 cheng4
spring balance
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伍佰
Mandarin: wu3 bai3
Wu Bai, born January 14, 1968, Taiwanese singer, guitarist and songwriter, one of the biggest rock music stars in Mandarin and Taiwanese/Southern Min language 閩南語
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