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水退seoi2 teoi3low tide; receding tide水過鴨背seoi2 gwo3 aap3 bui3describes a situation where someone has not paid any serious attention in learning or studying or in what he; she is saying and eventually cannot recall anything afterwards; to be forgetful水酒seoi2 zau2watery wine (usually only said out of a modest gesture by the host rather than the wine being actually watery in reality)水門seoi2 mun4a floodgate; a sluice gate水險seoi2 him2marine insurance水電費seoi2 din6 fai3utility bills水靜河飛seoi2 zing6 ho4 fei1quiet like still water (slang)水靜鵝飛seoi2 zing6 ngo4 fei1(idiom) business is slow or very quiet水靴seoi2 hoe1wellies; wellington boots水鞋seoi2 haai4rain boots水頭seoi2 tau4money水鬼升城隍seoi2 gwai2 sing1 sing4 wong4describes a person who was in a low ranking position (in work or life) who is now intoxicated with success; a small man having greatness thrust upon him水鬼隊seoi2 gwai2 deoi2(noun) Water Assault Team水魚seoi2 jyu2(noun) (animal) Trionychidae (soft-shelled turtle); (slang) a dupe ; a patsy ; an easy mark ; a chump (a wealthy person who can be tricked by others easily)水鴨seoi2 aap3anatinae; dabbling ducks水黃皮seoi2 wong4 pei2Millettia pinnata ; Indian Beech ; Pongam Oiltree (plant)水龍捲seoi2 lung4 gyun2a waterspout永字八法wing5 zi6 baat3 faat3the Eight Principles of Yong (永 wing5), used for teaching the eight common Chinese writing strokes as it is all found in the 永 (wing5) character永恆wing5 hang4forever永泰站wing5 taai3 zaam6Yongtai Station, a metro station in Guangzhou, China永誌不忘wing5 zi3 bat1 mong4unforgettable; will never forget氹tam5make one happy (Cantonese)氹氹轉tam5 tam5 zyun3describes a situation where someone is extremely busy; literal meaning: turning around and around氾濫faan3 laam6flooding; spreading; overflowing汀九ting1 gau2(noun) Ting Kau, which is a place in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong汁zap1sauce汁都撈埋zap1 dou1 lou1 maai4to keep all the benefits to oneself; to not miss out on even the tiniest of any advantages; the act of mixing the sauce of the dish with the rice (Chinese way of eating rice with a dish); describes a very tasty dish求仁得仁kau4 jan4 dak1 jan4a dream come true; wish granted求偶kau4 ngau5courtship求先kau4 sin1just now求全kau4 cyun4(verb) to demand; seek for a perfection;求其kau4 kei4(adverb) sloppily; shoddily; slackly; randomly; casually; anyhow; haphazardly (describes the unmindfulness in doing something, i.e. without putting much effort or thoughts into it); (expression) "whatever"; "anything goes"; (adjective of an action) perfunctory; slipshod