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星火sing1 fo2weak fire; meteor; very urgent星火燎原sing1 fo2 liu4 jyun4'a small spark can set fire to the entire wilderness', hence a metaphor to not underestimate the power of something that is seemingly small; Catching Fire (The Hunger Games), a book; film星火計劃sing1 fo2 gai3 waak6The Spark Programme in China, with the aim to rejuvenate the rural economy through the application of science and technology星盤sing1 pun4an astrolabe星羅棋佈sing1 lo4 kei4 bou3to spread all over; dotted everywhere星辰錶sing1 san4 biu1Citizen (the watchmakers)星運sing1 wan6the horoscope星鐵sing1 tit3galvanized iron, normally used for making metal buckets映眼jing2 ngaan5dazzling; glaring映衰jing2 seoi1one's look or behaviour negatively impacting on others春子ceon1 zi2the testicles春孳ceon1 zi1an unformed egg inside a hen春宵一刻值千金ceon1 siu1 jat1 hak1 zik6 cin1 gam1'every hour in Spring is very precious'; 'every minute of the wedding night is valuable'春宵ceon1 siu1noun; spring night, describes a moment of bliss with loved one春寒ceon1 hon4Spring chill (weather)春小麥ceon1 siu2 mak6the Spring wheat春秋時期ceon1 cau1 si4 kei4The Spring and Autumn period in Chinese History, approximately 771 to 476BC.春茗ceon1 ming5noun; New Year banquet, spring dinner春華秋實ceon1 waa4 cau1 sat6fruitful春袋ceon1 doi2(noun) (of men genitals) testicles; balls; scrotum a swear word to call someone a moron, dummy or fool春裝ceon1 zong1noun; spring clothing春雷ceon1 leoi4Spring thunder春風ceon1 fung1spring breeze昧水mui6 seoi2to dive昧水舂牆mei6 seoi2 zung1 coeng4to dive under water hitting walls, to describe someone is very determined, going through hurdles and hardships昨早zok6 zou2yesterday morning是但si6 daan6(adverb) randomly; casually; anyhow; haphazardly (describes the unmindfulness in doing something, i.e. without putting much effort or thoughts into it); (expression) "whatever"; "anything goes"是必si6 bit1it must be; there must be是日例湯si6 jat6 lai6 tong1soup of the day是日si6 jat6of the day是旦si6 daan6noun; whatever是是但但做si6 si6 daan6 daan6 zou6verb; muddle; muddle through a task; do it half heartedly