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拈輕怕重 (nim1 hing1 paa3 cung5) — picking easy jobs and avoid the hard ones in Cantonese

nimˉ¹拈hingˉ¹輕paa˗₃怕cungˏ₅重
简 拈轻怕重
Mandarin Pinyin: nian1 qing1 pa4 zhong4

Meaning of 拈輕怕重

nounpicking easy jobs and avoid the hard ones

Characters in 拈輕怕重

拈nim1
pick up with fingers
輕hing1
gently; softly; carefully
怕paa3
perhaps; maybe; I am afraid; I suppose
重cung5
furthermore: even; still; also | [variant] 仲, [國] 還

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