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打風daa2 fung1(verb) to be hit by a typhoon;打飯daa2 faan6verb; to get the rice, meal打骰daa2 sik1in-charge (slang)打魚佬daa2 jyu4 lou2fishermen打麻將daa2 maa4 zoeng3playing mahjong打麻雀daa2 maa4 zoek2(verb) to play mah-jong打點滴daa2 dim2 dik1to have intravenous drip therapy打鼓趁興daa2 gu2 can3 hing3to do things together out of convenience; to do something whilst the timing is good; to act quickly while the opportunity is still available; to strike while the iron is hot打鼻鼾daa2 bei6 hon4snoring打齋鶴daa2 zaai1 hok2bad friends who talk others into bad addiction (drug, gambling, prostitution)托塔都應承tok3 taap3 dou1 jing1 sing4an expression which means 'to agree with anything asked by another, regardless of what is being asked (favour or etc.)'托大腳tok3 daai6 goek3(verb) to butter up; to flatter (usually one's boss)托手踭tok3 sau2 zaang1to reject; to turn down a request托tok3to hold up托故tok3 gu3to make up excuses to do something; to find an excuse to do something托水龍tok3 seoi2 lung4to embezzle; to pocket the client's money托賴tok3 laai6 rely on one's elder or an influential person for protection, it is an expression used when people are being asked how they have been to show that they appreciate others' concern扚dik1 / lik6 / diu2 / joek6to hook the collar with fingers扛槍kong1 coeng1to carry a gun on one's shoulder扣喉kau3 hau4verb; purge; To retch, ; Stick your finger in your throat to make yourself vomit扣數kau3 sou3to debit扣盅kau3 zung1a drain device cup扣針kau3 zam1a safety pin扤失ngat1 sat1not generous; calculating扤實ngat1 sat6to press tightly扤扤搖ngat6 ngat6 jiu4rocking; swaying back and forth扤死貓ngat1 sei2 maau1to set up people for crimes; sins; bad things; to frame someone for wrongdoing扭六壬nau2 luk6 jam4using all measures or tactics to achieve one's goal扭扭擰擰nau2 nau2 ling6 ling6describes a difficult person (normally a child) who is demanding and pretending to refuse something but actually wants that扭擰nau2 ning6(adj.) to be very hesitant about doing something; uneasy due to nervousness; bashful扭紋nau2 man4a person (normally a child) who is demanding by way of crying; mischievous; not obedient扭紋柴nau2 man4 caai4(noun) a whiny child; a child who frequently cries to get what he ; she wants; a naughty or a mischievous child