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撥大葵扇 (but6 daai6 kwai4 sin3) — being a matchmaker in Cantonese

butˍ₆撥daaiˍ₆大kwaiˎ₄葵sin˗₃扇
简 拨大葵扇
Mandarin Pinyin: bo1 da4 kui2 shan4

Meaning of 撥大葵扇

nounbeing a matchmaker

Characters in 撥大葵扇

撥but6
move (with fingers); poke; pluck
大daai6
a Chinese family name
葵kwai4
a term used in certain big flowering plants (eg. sunflower 向日葵, the mallow family 锦葵科--in particular, hollycock 蜀葵 (the genus Alcea))
扇sin3
fan; door panel

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