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揸住雞毛當令箭 (zaa1 zyu6 gai1 mou4 dong3 ling6 zin3) — to overrate oneself; to overestimate one's power or ability; to have no real power; to pretend to be powerful in Cantonese

zaaˉ¹揸zyuˍ₆住gaiˉ¹雞mouˎ₄毛dong˗₃當lingˍ₆令zin˗₃箭
简 揸住鸡毛当令箭
Mandarin Pinyin: zha1 zhu4 ji1 mao2 dang1 ling4 jian4

Meaning of 揸住雞毛當令箭

nounto overrate oneself; to overestimate one's power or ability; to have no real power; to pretend to be powerful
nounto overrate oneself; to overestimate one's power or ability; pretend to have authority over something which one don't have (slang)

Characters in 揸住雞毛當令箭

揸zaa1
(Cantonese) to hold
住zyu6
stop; cease
雞gai1
a prostitute or a woman in a sexual capacity
毛mou4
gross; untouched; unpolished
當dong1
should; ought to; must
箭zin3
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