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半鹹半淡 (bun3 haam4 bun3 taam5) — low quality, bad (lit., "half salty and tasteless") in describing language mastery in Cantonese

bun˗₃半haamˎ₄鹹bun˗₃半taamˏ₅淡
简 半咸半淡
Mandarin Pinyin: ban4 xian2 ban4 dan4

Meaning of 半鹹半淡

nounlow quality, bad (lit., "half salty and tasteless") in describing language mastery
nounlit. in between salty and tasteless, meaning one has not mastered a set of skills or language

Characters in 半鹹半淡

半bun3
partly; about half
鹹haam4
salty; salted; pickled
淡daam6
(of liquid, air, fragrance, etc) thin; light | [antonym] 濃

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