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講笑搵第樣 (gong2 siu3 wan2 dai6 joeng2) — this is no laughing matter; don't joke around (often used to dismiss a suggestion) in Cantonese

gongˊ²講siu˗₃笑wanˊ²搵daiˍ₆第joengˊ²樣
简 讲笑搵第样
Mandarin Pinyin: jiang3 xiao4 wen4 di4 yang4

Meaning of 講笑搵第樣

nounthis is no laughing matter; don't joke around (often used to dismiss a suggestion)
nounif you want to joke, find sth else
nounjoke about something else (spoken)

Characters in 講笑搵第樣

講gong2
Cantonese dialectical word: say; speak
笑siu3
ridicule; deride; jeer
搵wan2 wan3
wan2 - Cantonese only
第dai6
place (e.g. on the imperial examination)
樣joeng6
sample; model; pattern; specimen

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