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龐然pong4 jin4(adjective) mammoth;huge廴部jan2 bou6a radical of Chinese characters建制派gin3 zai3 paai3Pro-Beijing Camp; Pan-establishment Camp; Establishmentarians (Hong Kong politics)建築公司gin3 zuk1 gung1 si1Construction company建築工程gin3 zuk1 gung1 cing4Architectural Engineering; construction engineering建築gin3 zuk1architecture建設銀行gin3 cit3 ngan4 hong4China Construction Bank廿一jaa6 jat1Twenty-one廿一點jaa6 jat1 dim2blackjack廿四味jaa6 sei3 mei2noun; Twenty-four Flavor Herbal Tea廿四小時jaa6 sei3 siu2 si4Twenty-four hours廿四jaa6 sei3number; twenty-four廿jaa6(prefix) twenty- (e.g. twenty-one)弁言bin6 jin4noun; foreword; preface弄巧反拙lung6 haau2 faan2 zyut3wanting to show off at first but end up doing stupid things弄璋之喜lung6 zoeng1 zi1 hei2celebration of having a baby boy弄璋lung6 zoeng1giving jade to baby boys and let them play with it, and hope that the boys will have an integrity as pure as jade in the future弄瓦之喜lung6 ngaa5 zi1 hei2celebration of having a baby girl弄瓦lung6 ngaa5giving small components from threading machines to baby girls and let them play with it, and hope that the girls will excel in threading in the future弈林jik6 lam4to play chess弊傢伙bai6 gaa1 fo2oh no!弊喇bai6 laa3doomed; not good; uh-oh!弊嘞bai6 laak3oh shit; damn it弊家伙bai6 gaa1 fo2"oh no!"弊bai6(interjection) 1. Shit! (noun) cheating弊處bai6 cyu3shortcomings弔橋diu3 kiu4a drawbridge引以為戒jan5 ji5 wai4 gaai3It refers to the lessons of past mistakes being used as an alert, to avoid repetition; take warning引jan5to seduce or tempt引狼入屋拉雞仔jan5 long4 jap6 uk1 laai1 gai1 zai2to befriend bad; evil people, and end up getting harmed; scammed引致jan5 zi3verb; to cause or lead to引見jan5 gin3to introduce, especially for the government officials to bring in guests; diplomats to the king; president