Re: 托水龍
“A Dictionary of Cantonese Slang” (p.416):托水龍 to embezzle; to run off with the clients’ money.
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I would say the meaning is closer to "It's not a problem if it doesn't have a real cause." The version I usually say is 冇鬼唔死得人.
View Article回春
HiDoes anyone know how to use this in a sentence?回春I see it a lot in articles about plastic surgery and ageingThank you!
View Article風評不佳
HiJust wondering if this is a common phrase and if so, what does it mean?Thank you風評不佳
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From “A New Century Chinese-English Dictionary” (p.696):回春 (verb) [1] (of spring) return: 大地回春 Spring awakes. / Spring has come around.[2] bring back to life: 回春靈葯 miraculous cure; wonderful remedy....
View Article少見少
HiIm wondering what 一少見少 in the following sentence means:一樓一買少見少Can I say一樓一少買多 見多?Thank you
View ArticleRe: 風評不佳
風評 – a Japanese term that means “legend”, “rumour” or “gossip”.不佳 – not goodTogether, 風評不佳 possibly means bad reputation or disrepute. It is an uncommon term that is used only in Taiwan.
View ArticleRe: 少見少
一樓一鳳，俗稱「一樓一」、「One Floor One 」、「141」、「161feng」、「161」、「鳳樓」等等，是香港性工作者一種提供性服務的方式，因為在一個住宅單位內只有一名妓女而命名，也是香港一種半公開的性產業。這種妓女代稱「鳳姐」，此名稱自90年代後興起，逐漸取代了過去的代稱「神女」，更名的原因自今已無法考證，據說與江湖上一名人物有關。 /...
View ArticleTitleist 915F Fairway Wood
Titleist 915F Fairway Wood Franklin County's Bubba Chandler is a superb guitar player and singer for the band named "The Lost And Found," which remains a major act in the world of bluegrass music...
View ArticleRe: 買少見少
Can I say:樓一少買多 見多?No, you can’t. Only 一樓一買少見少 is a correct sentence. As already explained, 一樓一 means single-prostitute whorehouse; 買少見少 means getting less and less. There’s not a derivative term like...
View Article自bat6
HiThere is a word that means to control something by yourself; it sounds like "szi6 bat6" (自?) the character for bat6 looks like the word for 'grey' a bit. Does anyone know what it might be?Thank you
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自把自為apps.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/hanyu/Page/Search.aspx?id=838Translate this page詞彙類別. 形容詞. 粵語詞彙, 粵語拼音, 聲調. 自把自為, zi baa zi wai, 自6把2自6為4. 現代漢語詞彙1. 自作主張. 現代漢語詞彙2. 不聽人勸. 現代漢語詞彙3. 獨斷獨行.
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hino its not that word. Unfortunately I only have it on a youtube clip at 19.34 mins[www.youtube.com]
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