Re: 化行妝都醜啦 呢D洗腳都俾人彈鐘
> 拫 is ‘hang4’; ...《廣州話標準音字彙》 p.62 says otherwise. I'm sure some dictionary may say /hang4/. I think the 拫 character is so infrequently used nowadays that there is no longer consensus on its...
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QuoteMr. K > 拫 is ‘hang4’; ...《廣州話標準音字彙》 p.62 says otherwise. I'm sure some dictionary may say /hang4/. I think the 拫 character is so infrequently used nowadays that there is no longer consensus on...
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家道中落 - I undedrstand that on the surface this means for a family to come into bad circumstances. Can it be applied to individuals (i.e. I'm in a bad way)? Or just families?I'm not sure how this...
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Quotedelonix87 家道中落 - I undedrstand that on the surface this means for a family to come into bad circumstances. Can it be applied to individuals (i.e. I'm in a bad way)? Or just families?I'm not sure...
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Tang wrote:There has to be a character for it. Why not 拫?For the ‘hang4’ character that means “heavily; extensively; powerfully”, I have so far found only TWO characters, i.e. 拫 and 衡, being used in...
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HiDoes anyone know what this means?兩記耳光Example:她很生氣，不知道為什麼，打兩記耳光後高聲質問：我有什麼比不上那個貨色？Thank you
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HiI've come across this phrase. I've tried researching it and I've found some Buddhist material, but the true meaning/use eludes me. Any help would be...
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> There has to be a character for it. Why not 拫?Doubt it. 拫 means repulse. The meaning doesn't fit.
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In my old message I asked: Is there a Cantonese word, one or more characters, but simple, that corresponds to two English words: both cave and den?Someone answered: i think it is 山窿 or 山洞What about...
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Quotedelonix87 HiI've come across this phrase. I've tried researching it and I've found some Buddhist material, but the true meaning/use eludes me. Any help would be...
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Let's just add that the word 山, mountain, offered in the previous reply to me, is not at all suitable in the connection where I need that cave/den word.
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Sigh, not I think that the Cantonese word 窟 is better in this context.
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耳光 = a box on the ear; a slap in the face打耳光 = box sb’s ears; slap sb in the face兩 = two記 = noun classifier for slap (in the face), powerful shot (of soccer ball), powerful smash (of volleyball), etc.
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Okay, it does not matter at all if there is no such Chinese word. I can always SAY that there is, and no one knows that it is not the exact truth. The reader could not care less.
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> Let's just add that the word 山, mountain, offered in the previous reply to me, is not at all suitable in the connection where I need that cave/den word.Shouldn't you tell us what you actually...
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There is no mountain in the story, it would be impossible in the middle of a densely populated part of the city. Of course I cannot reveal more details of the story.In my language (not English) and in...
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