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監生吞 (gaam3 saang1 tan1) — force yourself to swallow something which you are not willing to swallow (also 夾生吞) in Cantonese

gaam˗₃監saangˉ¹生tanˉ¹吞
简 监生吞
Mandarin Pinyin: jian4 sheng1 tun1

Meaning of 監生吞

nounforce yourself to swallow something which you are not willing to swallow (also 夾生吞)

Characters in 監生吞

監gaam1
compel; coerce; force
生saang1
unripe; uncooked; raw
吞tan1
swallow; absorb; annex; engulf; gulp

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