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唔發火當病貓 (m4 faat3 fo2 dong3 beng6 maau1) — to wrongly assume someone to be a wimp and not him / her them seriously just because he / she haven't been seen to lost their temper yet [colloquial] in Cantonese

mˎ₄唔faat˗₃發foˊ²火dong˗₃當bengˍ₆病maauˉ¹貓
简 唔发火当病猫
Mandarin Pinyin: wu2 fa1huo3 dang1 bing4 mao1

Meaning of 唔發火當病貓

nounto wrongly assume someone to be a wimp and not him / her them seriously just because he / she haven't been seen to lost their temper yet [colloquial]

Characters in 唔發火當病貓

唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
發faat3
classifier for ammunition
火fo2
Kangxi radical 86
當dong1
should; ought to; must
病beng6
defect; fault; malady; blame
貓maau1
cat

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