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此風不可長 (ci2 fung1 bat1 ho2 zoeng2) — such trends should not be encouraged (lit., "these winds must not grow") in Cantonese

ciˊ²此fungˉ¹風batˉ¹不hoˊ²可zoengˊ²長
简 此风不可长
Mandarin Pinyin: chi3 feng1 bu4 ke3 zhang3

Meaning of 此風不可長

nounsuch trends should not be encouraged (lit., "these winds must not grow")
nounthis behavior / situation cannot be allowed to spread

Characters in 此風不可長

此ci2
such; thus
風fung1
certain disease supposedly caused by wind
不bat1
not; no; un-
可ho2
but; however; yet
長coeng4
(of distance and time) long | [antonym] 短

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