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炒咗一鑊 (caau2 zo2 jat1 wok6) — to have made a real mess of something [colloquial] in Cantonese

caauˊ²炒zoˊ²咗jatˉ¹一wokˍ₆鑊
简 炒咗一镬
Mandarin Pinyin: chao3 zuo3 yi1 huo4

Meaning of 炒咗一鑊

nounto have made a real mess of something [colloquial]

Characters in 炒咗一鑊

炒caau2
roast while stirring
咗zo2
already; (particle marking perfective aspect or continuous state), same as 著.
一jat1
one; a; an; the
鑊wok6
huge pot; cauldron

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