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接骨zip3 gwat1to set a broken bone ; a broken fracture接龍zip3 lung4Solitaire; Klondike; Freecell控制器hung3 zai3 hei3a controller; a control device; a sequencing unit控制塔hung3 zai3 taap3a control tower推三推四teoi1 saam1 teoi1 sei3it is used to describe someone who keeps making excuses so as not to have to do something推卸責任teoi1 se3 zaak3 jam6verb; pass the buck; shift the blame on; pass the baby; responsibility推向teoi1 hoeng3to push towards推己及人teoi1 gei2 kap6 jan4put oneself in someone's shoes推廣teoi1 gwong2to promote; to market推擠teoi1 zai1verb; push and squeeze; squeeze out推測teoi1 caak1to project; projection推牌九teoi1 paai4 gau2the Pai Gow (Chinese dominoes)推莊teoi1 zong1to reject; to give up; to back out; to pass the buck推薦teoi1 zin3to nominate or suggest推託teoi1 tok3to dodge; to make excuse; cop-out (verb)推讓teoi1 joeng6verb; modestly decline (a position, favour, etc)推送teoi1 sung3propelling movement; to push; to deliver掩口費jim2 hau2 fai3noun; hush money掬氣guk1 hei3to feel injured and resentful掯喉kang3 hau4choking; to oppress the throat; pungent掯kang3(Cantonese); the strong taste of smell from cigarettes or alcohol; sth difficult to handle掱手paa4 sau2pickpocket掹掹緊maang1 maang1 gan2adj; be badly off; on a shoestring; on a tight (budget)掹衫尾maang1 saam1 mei5to follow, go along; to depend on one's network to achieve a goal掹貓尾maang1 maau1 mei5the action of two people conspiring together in hope to cheat or scam others掹雞maang1 gai1verb; pull the trigger of a gun; it also mean (noun); bad looking person, face had pimple or acne marks㨃鬼deoi2 gwai2(verb) to instigate (someone to do something); to spill the beans (to leak out secrets intentionally)揀擇gaan2 zaak6(adjective) picky; choosy; fussy揀樓gaan2 lau4to pick a house; to find a house揈feng6to fling揈fing6to swing; to splash揈gwang1chasing away