落手打三更 (lok6 sau2 daa2 saam1 gang1) — making a terrible mistake from the start in Cantonese | HKDictionary

lokˍ₆落sauˊ²手daaˊ²打saamˉ¹三gangˉ¹更

Mandarin Pinyin: luo4 shou3 da3 san1 geng1

Meaning of 落手打三更

nounmaking a terrible mistake from the start

Characters in 落手打三更

natural and poised

handy, portable; handwritten

three; third; thrice

a watch period (one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided starting at 7pm)

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