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cau˗₃臭baat˗₃八
Pinyin: chou4 ba1
Translations
nouna nasty person (lit., "smelly bastard")
nouna nasty or unpleasant person
bun˗₃半ganˉ¹斤baat˗₃八loengˊ²両
Pinyin: ban4 jin1 ba1 liang3
Translations
nounsix of one and half of a dozen of the other; Hobson's choice; Tweedledum and Tweedledee. | Lit. "Half a Catty or Eight Taels", which is the same amount (in old China, 1 catty = 16 taels = 600+g; in today's People's Republic, 1 catty = 500g = 10 taels). | Note: Some publications make a distinction betw. 両 (tael) and 兩 (two). Some publications don't.
nounequality/getting fair returns on efforts put in (old slang)
sei˗₃四tungˉ¹通baat˗₃八daatˍ₆達
简 四通八达
Pinyin: si4 tong1 ba1 da2
Translations
noun(交通)四通八達 extend in all directions, (transportation infrastructures) very convenient
baat˗₃八kapˉ¹級fungˉ¹風
简 八级风
Pinyin: ba1 ji2 feng1
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nounforce 8 wind; fresh gale
baat˗₃八gwaa˗₃卦louˊ²佬
Pinyin: ba1 gua4 lao3
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nouna gossip (male)
nouna nosy guy who likes to gossip [colloquial]
catˉ¹七catˉ¹七baat˗₃八baat˗₃八
Pinyin: qi1 qi1 ba1 ba1
Translations
nounmore-or-less complete
catˉ¹七lingˎ₄零baat˗₃八lokˍ₆落
Pinyin: qi1 ling2 ba1 luo4
Translations
nounscattered here and there; in disorder | [粵]: 零星落索
noun(idiom) Refer objects are scattered and dispersed
gauˊ²九mˎ₄唔daap˗₃搭baat˗₃八
Pinyin: jiu3 wu2 da1 ba1
Translations
nouncompletely nonsensical; give an irrelevant answer
nounnine doesn't follow eight
noun(slang) someone is completely illogical, ludicrous and nonsensical; irrelevant, off topic
meiˍ₆未gin˗₃見gunˉ¹官sinˉ¹先daaˊ²打baat˗₃八sapˍ₆十
简 未见官先打八十
Pinyin: wei4 jian4 guan1 xian1 da3 ba1 shi2
Translations
noun未見其利先見其害
nounpay a heavy price to pursue an objective
sapˍ₆十ziˉ¹之baat˗₃八gauˊ²九
Pinyin: shi2 zhi1 ba1 jiu3
Translations
nounmostly (literally means eight or nine tenths)
baat˗₃八baak˗₃百maanˍ₆萬
简 八百万
Pinyin: ba1 bai3 wan4
Translations
nouneight million; 8,000,000
baat˗₃八gwaa˗₃卦sanˉ¹新manˎ₄聞
简 八卦新闻
Pinyin: ba1 gua4 xin1 wen2
Translations
noungossip news
nouncelebrities news or gossips
ceotˉ¹出zeonˍ₆盡baat˗₃八bouˊ²寶
简 出尽八宝
Pinyin: chu1 jin3 ba1 bao3
Translations
nounto use all possible means (also 出盡百寶)
nounto go all out on something; to exhaust all avenues; to try every means
baat˗₃八zaauˊ²爪jyuˎ₄魚
简 八爪鱼
Pinyin: ba1 zhao3 yu2
Translations
nounoctopus (cl: zek3 隻, tiu4 條) | syn.: 章魚/鱆魚 (formal); 八帶魚
lyunˍ₆亂catˉ¹七baat˗₃八zouˉ¹糟
简 乱七八糟
Pinyin: luan4 qi1 ba1 zao1
Translations
nountotally disordered, in a mess; at sixes and sevens | [粵]: 立立亂, 亂晒龍, 亂龍
noun(adjective) Super messy
sei˗₃四minˍ₆面baat˗₃八fongˉ¹方
Pinyin: si4 mian4 ba1 fang1
Translations
nounin all directions
catˉ¹七sauˊ²手baat˗₃八goek˗₃腳
简 七手八脚
Pinyin: qi1 shou3 ba1 jiao3
Translations
nountoo many people doing something (either in a helter-skelter fashion or along the lines of "too many cooks spoil the soup")
nounseven hands eight feet, which means there are a lot of people interfering and the situation is messy
baat˗₃八sapˍ₆十seoi˗₃歲faanˉ¹返tauˎ₄頭gaa˗₃嫁
简 八十岁返头嫁
Pinyin: ba1 shi2 sui4 fan3 tou2 jia4
Translations
nounto bring trouble oneself. 八十歲返頭嫁 - 攞路行 get remarried at the age of eighty
nounlit. get remarried at the age of eighty, meaning to bring trouble oneself
baat˗₃八muiˉ¹妹
Pinyin: ba1 mei4
Translations
nouna gossip (female, short for 八卦妹)
nouna young girl who is a busybody or a gossiper
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