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到喉唔到肺 (dou3 hau4 m4 dou3 fai3) — inadequate; not enough for the purpose (lit., "reaches the throat but not the lungs") in Cantonese

dou˗₃到hauˎ₄喉mˎ₄唔dou˗₃到fai˗₃肺
Mandarin Pinyin: dao4 hou2 wu2 dao4 fei4

Meaning of 到喉唔到肺

nouninadequate; not enough for the purpose (lit., "reaches the throat but not the lungs")

Characters in 到喉唔到肺

到dou3
arrive; reach; get to
喉hau4
pipe; tube; duct
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
肺fai3
lung

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