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糖衣炮彈 (tong4 ji1 paau3 daan2) — something that seems nice in appearance, but is bad or harmful inside in Cantonese

tongˎ₄糖jiˉ¹衣paau˗₃炮daanˊ²彈
简 糖衣炮弹
Mandarin Pinyin: tang2 yi1 pao4 dan4

Meaning of 糖衣炮彈

nounsomething that seems nice in appearance, but is bad or harmful inside

Characters in 糖衣炮彈

糖tong4
sugar
衣ji1
(human) placenta
炮paau3
cannon; big gun; mortar; firecracker
彈daan2
elasticity; spring; stretch

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