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Re: What does 二四早 mean?

祖 here means "founder/ originator of an empire" ( or a company) , who through hard work and talent, successfully built an empire out of nothing.二世祖 means the next generation by the founder. They own...

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Re: What does 二四早 mean?

維基百科,自由的百科全書二世祖指承繼上一代財富,然後敗壞家財者,相傳名稱來自秦二世。富二代:古稱紈絝子弟官二代敗家仔

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Re: What does 二四早 mean?

In English we would say "born with a golden spoon in his/her mouth". It conveys the same meaning

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Re: What does 二四早 mean?

Quotedelonix87 In English we would say "born with a golden spoon in his/her mouth". It conveys the same meaningI think the expression is : one who was " born with a silver spoon in mouth" another one...

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橫瞓

HiDoes 橫瞓 means to sleep in a row? Not sure but I see it a lotthanks

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從中抽水

從中抽水 - to skim off the top maybe?thanks in advance!

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Re: 從中抽水

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Re: 橫瞓

Can you provide the full sentence? It could be a typo, or it could mean "sleep horizontally," which means sleeping in the wrong direction of the bed or whatever place. It is a phrase rarely used.

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Re: 橫瞓

lie flat=橫瞓Canto=橫躺Mando疑避狗失控 貨車橫瞓龍翔道[hk.apple.nextmedia.com]

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Re: 橫瞓

In that case, it just means "lying across [lanes on the street]." It emphasized 橫 because the truck was lying in the wrong direction and blocking traffic.

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氣数从盡

HiI saw this sentence but have trouble with the phrase in the title. Can anyone help?Thank you加上香港氣数从盡,早走早著

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Re: 氣数从盡

The correct phrase is 氣數已盡. It literally means "someone's time is almost up and is about to meet his fate." 从 is a typo of 以, which is a homophone of 已.

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引導犯人協議

HiI am a bit confused about 引導in the following sentence香港和台灣沒有引導犯人協議Does anyone know what it means?Thank you

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Re: 氣数从盡

Of course - I can understand it now ' 'number of breaths already maximum'thank you so much!

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拖垮

HiAnyone know what拖垮 means in the following sentence?越猴基因入侵巳經嚴重拖垮香港Thank you

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理應

HiIf anyone could tell me what 理應 means I would appreciate it. thank you人大831決定令香港無真普選是因, 佔中是果... 如是因為佔中,香港人要移民,理應是去大陸而唔係去台灣

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Re: 引導犯人協議

導 is a wrong character; it should be 渡. 引渡 means “to extradite”.

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Re: 拖垮

拖垮 means to drag/wear down.

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Re: 氣数从盡

Quotedelonix87 Of course - I can understand it now ' 'number of breaths already maximum'thank you so much!In Go game, 「氣」 means 「liberty」when your stones run out of liberty, they die. 氣數 ( number of...

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Re: 理應

理應 is a shortened form of 照理應該, which means “ought to be; should have to”, etc.

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