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撞期zong6 kei4to clash dates (events)撞板多過食飯zong6 baan2 do1 gwo3 sik6 faan6verb; literally: someone hit the wooden plank more than having a meal, it means failing more than succeeding (be rebuffed)撞板zong6 baan2be rebuffed; be thwarted; run into difficulties撞棍zong6 gwan3swindler (spoken)撞正zong6 zeng3to bump into someone or something just at that precise moment by coincidence; a head on collision撞死馬zong6 sei2 maa5verb; literally: hit and kill the horse, Metaphor for people running amok or rampaged撞火zong6 fo2(slang) to get pissed off; to get angry撞破zong6 po3verb; crashed, exposed, accidentally ran into撞聾zong6 lung2literally: hit to the point of deafness; Generally refers to hearing problems撞衫zong6 saam1two people wearing the same outfit by coincidence, causing embarrassment at social events撞見zong6 gin3to bump into someone撞邪zong2 ce4to be possessed by evil spirits撞面zong6 min6to run into someone撞頭zong6 tau4verb; head butting, head banging撞鬼zong2 gwai2(interjection) can be translated loosely as 'Holy crap!' ; 'Jesus!' ; 'damn you!', an exclamatory phrase used when something bad has happened; (phrasal verb) being possessed by evil spirits; to be out of luck; to be down on one's luck撟舌giu2 sit6to be tongue tied撠gik1verb; strike, stab, grasp; stuck撥個輪but6 go3 leon4to make a phone call撥大葵扇but6 daai6 kwai4 sin3being a matchmaker撥扇put3 sin3verb; to fan撥火but6 fo2to instigate and stir up something撩交打liu1 gaau1 daa2to use some random excuses; to pick on small things intentionally, so as to start a fight; an argument撩liu1(verb) 1. incite; 2. provoke; (verb) 1. stir (with chopsticks or spoons); 2. scrape (teeth); 3. to pick (nose); 4. to tickle; 5. to sign a signature on documents; (of sex) tease撩是鬥非liu4 si6 dau3 fei1troublemaking撩牙liu1 ngaa4using a toothpick or any tool to remove food fragments from one's teeth撩耳仔liu1 ji5 zai2to dig ear撩耳liu1 ji5to dig ear撩雀竇liu1 zoek3 dau3to stir a bird nest撩鼻屎liu1 bei6 si2verb; nose picking or picking your nose撫今追昔fu2 gam1 zeoi1 sik1recall memories of the past while living in the present; compare the past with the present; one recalls the past撫弄fu2 lung6to fondle撫恤fu2 seot1relief