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zaanˊ²盞
(盏)
Pinyin
zhan3
Translations
noun
small cup; cup-shaped utensil
noun
would merely bring about (sth undesirable); waste efforts | [variant] 賺
noun
classifier for lamps
noun
bargain; great value (Cantonese)
cinˉ¹千gaanˊ²揀maanˍ₆萬gaanˊ²揀,,gaan2揀zoekˍ₆着go˗₃個laanˍ₆爛dangˉ¹燈zaanˊ²盞
(千拣万拣,拣着个烂灯盏)
Pinyin
qian1 jian3 wan4 jian3 , jian3 zhe5 ge4 lan4 deng1 zhan3
Translations
noun
to make a bad choice out of a large number of options (esp with a wife)
noun
after rounds of selection, one end up with the worst choice out of all
zaanˊ²盞gaauˊ²搞
(盏搞)
Pinyin
zhan3 gao3
Translations
noun
do something to no avail; do something for nothing
noun
(verb) to do something or work for almost nil; to do something but all to no avail;
zaanˊ²盞seoiˉ¹衰
(盏衰)
Pinyin
zhan3 shuai1
Translations
noun
do sth. only to end up in a dilemma; to do sth. that only leads to trouble
noun
to do something that will only lead to trouble
zaanˊ²盞saaiˉ¹嘥hei˗₃氣
(盏嘥气)
Pinyin
zhan3 sai1 qi4
Translations
noun
a sheer waste of efforts for nothing; only in vain
zaanˊ²盞jeˏ₅嘢
(盏嘢)
Pinyin
zhan3 ye3
Translations
noun
good stuff'
cinˉ¹千gaanˊ²揀maanˍ₆萬gaan2,揀，gaanˊ²揀zoekˍ₆著go˗₃個laanˍ₆爛dangˉ¹燈zaanˊ²盞
(千拣万拣，拣着个烂灯盏)
Pinyin
qian1 jian3 wan4 jian3, jian3 zhe5 ge4 lan4 deng1zhan3
Translations
noun
to make the worst choice after picking out of so many options [colloquial]
zaanˊ²盞dakˉ¹得
(盏得)
Pinyin
zhan3 de2
Translations
noun
in the end only be left with...; fruitlessly...
zaanˊ²盞gwaiˊ²鬼
(盏鬼)
Pinyin
zhan3 gui3
Translations
noun
variant of 㜺鬼
noun
chic; interesting; funny
zaanˊ²盞gaauˊ²攪
(盏搅)
Pinyin
zhan3 jiao3
Translations
noun
do something to no avail; do something for nothing
noun
to do something to no avail
mouˏ₅冇zauˊ²走zaanˊ²盞
(冇走盏)
Pinyin
mao3 zou3 zhan3
Translations
noun
no other options or alternatives (slang)
baaˊ²把zaanˊ²盞
(把盏)
Pinyin
ba3 zhan3
Translations
noun
to hold the wine glass, to drink alcohol
dangˉ¹燈zaanˊ²盞faaˉ¹花
(灯盏花)
Pinyin
deng1 zhan3 hua1
Translations
noun
daisies
zauˊ²走zaanˊ²盞
(走盏)
Pinyin
zou3 zhan3
Translations
noun
space for compromising (spoken)