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mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到
Pinyin
n2 dao4
Translations
noun
absent
haauˊ²考mˎ₄唔douˊ²到
Pinyin
kao3 wu2 dao4
Translations
noun
fail an examination
daaˊ²打loˎ₄鑼douˉ¹都wanˊ²搵mˎ₄唔douˊ²到
(打锣都揾唔到)
Pinyin
da3 luo2 dou1 wen4 wu2 dao4
Translations
noun
to be unable to find sb after making a big production of it
noun
to be unable to find something even beat the gong; search everywhere but find nothing
haauˎ₄姣poˎ₄婆sauˊ²守mˎ₄唔douˊ²到gwaaˊ²寡
Pinyin
jiao1 po2 shou3 wu2 dao4 gua3
Translations
noun
a sexually promiscuous woman can't remain a widow
noun
it means it is hard to change people's personality; literally: a sexually promiscuous woman can't remain a widow
tauˉ¹偷gaiˉ¹雞mˎ₄唔douˊ²到sitˍ₆蝕zaaˉ¹拃maiˏ₅米
(偷鸡唔到蚀拃米)
Pinyin
tou1 ji1 wu2 dao4 shi2 zha3 mi3
Translations
noun
偷雞唔到蝕揸米, 偷雞唔到蝕渣米
noun
偷雞不着蝕把米
noun
go for wool and come home shorn; fail in one's attempt and suffer a loss as well
noun
try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice
noun
陪了夫人又折兵
namˊ²諗gikˍ₆極douˉ¹都namˊ²諗mˎ₄唔douˊ²到
(谂极都谂唔到)
Pinyin
shen3 ji2 dou1 shen3 wu2 dao4
Translations
noun
no matter how much thinking, still cannot think of it
guˊ²估mˎ₄唔dou3/dou2到
Pinyin
gu1 wu2 dao4
Translations
noun
synonym 諗唔到, 料不到, 點不知, 殊不知
noun
unexpected; unforeseen; not anticipated
noun
gu3 m4 dou32
noun
unable to guess; unpredictable
noun
gu3 m4 dou3
noun
cannot guess; used to describe a person who is hard to predict or unpredictable; literal translation: can't figure out; "didn't expect that"; "did not see that that coming"; "who would have thought / guessed that…"
ziuˉ¹招fuˉ¹呼mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到
Pinyin
zhao1 hu5 wu2 dao4
Translations
noun
招呼不周
noun
Sorry for not being attentive enough!
noun
cannot provide good hospitality, a polite expression used by the host
lukˍ₆錄mˎ₄唔douˊ²到
(录唔到)
Pinyin
lu4 wu2 dao4
Translations
noun
can't record (as with a VCR)
mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到neiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔
Pinyin
wu2 dao4 ni3 wu2
Translations
noun
cannot help if you do not | Std. Chin.: 不由得你不 | eg.: 唔到你唔要去. Can't help it if you don't want to go. | Note: "你" may be replaced by some other pronoun or noun as appropriate. | Syn.: 唔由得你唔
noun
you cannot say no; not up to you
sai˗₃勢namˊ²諗mˎ₄唔douˊ²到
(势谂唔到)
Pinyin
shi4 shen3 wu2 dao4
Translations
noun
variant of 勢估唔到
tau˗₃透mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到hei˗₃氣
(透唔到气)
Pinyin
tou4 n2 dao4 qi4
Translations
noun
can not breathe; breathless; suffocating
sai˗₃勢guˊ²估mˎ₄唔douˊ²到
(势估唔到)
Pinyin
shi4 gu1 wu2 dao4
Translations
noun
I would have never guessed
noun
unforeseeable; unpredictable
gonˊ²趕mˎ₄唔douˊ²到
(赶唔到)
Pinyin
gan3 wu2 dao4
Translations
noun
cannot make it; too late for sth. [Syn.] 趕唔切, 嚟唔切 [華]: 來不及
bo˗₃播mˎ₄唔douˊ²到
Pinyin
bo1 wu2 dao4
Translations
noun
can't play (as with a VCR)
siˎ₄時wanˍ₆運gouˉ¹高，taiˊ²睇mˎ₄唔douˊ²到
(时运高，睇唔到)
Pinyin
shi2 yun4 gao1 , di4 n2 dao4
Translations
noun
to not to see something
tauˉ¹偷gaiˉ¹雞mˎ₄唔douˊ²到sitˍ₆蝕zaaˉ¹揸maiˏ₅米
(偷鸡唔到食揸米)
Pinyin
tou1 ji1 n2 dao4 shi2 zha1 mi3
Translations
noun
to go out for wool and come home shorn; to expend effort trying to gain a profit and end up with nothing but losses
dou˗₃到hauˎ₄喉mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到fai˗₃肺
Pinyin
dao4 hou2 wu2 dao4 fei4
Translations
noun
inadequate; not enough for the purpose (lit., "reaches the throat but not the lungs")
loengˏ₅兩tauˎ₄頭mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到ngonˍ₆岸
(两头唔到岸)
Pinyin
liang3 tou2 wu2 dao4 an4
Translations
noun
to be in a catch 22; to have two options both of which are bad
noun
an idiom which describes the situation of getting stuck in the middle of nowhere in life; to fall between two stools