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軟硬天師jyun5 ngaang6 tin1 si1'Softhard', a rap duo in Hong Kong軟笪笪jyun5 daat3 daat3soft; pulpy; tender軟腍腍jyun5 nam4 nam4soft (can be used to describe a person's character as well as objects)軟荏荏jyun5 jam4 jam4soft and tender軟飯jyun5 faan6sponge off from a woman (spoken)軫宿zan2 suk1Chariot mansion of the Chinese constellations軫懷zan2 waai4sorrowfully cherish the memory of somebody軸對稱zuk6 deoi3 cing3axial symmetry; rotational symmetry軸心zuk6 sam1axis; shaft軸瓦zuk6 ngaa5bearing bush較剪gaau3 zin2scissors較早時gaau3 zou2 si4earlier on (spoken)較腳gaau3 goek3escape; leave (slang)較gaau3(verb) 1. leave in rush; 2. flee較飛gaau3 fei1an innocent victim or a scapegoat; to be a scapegoat for someone; to be a victim in place of someone else載入史冊zoi3 jap6 si2 caak3be written into the annals of history載淳zoi3 seon4the Tongzhi Emperor, the tenth Emperor of Qing dynasty載譽zoi3 jyu6come with the honor;be highly acclaimed; victorious載zoi3years; contain輓聯waan5 lyun4elegiac couplet輔警fu6 ging2an auxiliary police officer; a special constable; a special police輔車相依fu6 geoi1 soeng1 ji1rely on one another as cheek and jowl; as dependent on each other as the jowls and the jawbone輕寥寥heng1 liu1 liu1light; imponderable輕心hing1 sam1heedlessness輕枷重罪hing1 gaa1 cung5 zeoi6someone has done something terrible and created a serious consequence, however, this person is not properly being justified; to be let off lightly for a serious crime輕歌劇hing1 go1 kek6light opera; operetta輕秤heng1 cing3low density輕裝上陣hing1 zong1 soeng5 zan6go into battle with a light pack; to move forward with one's burdens discarded輕言hing1 jin4(give up) easily; to say something lightly; to say something casually輕諾寡信hing1 nok6 gwaa2 seon3those who make promises easily seldoms keep them輕身hing1 san1light-weighted輕hing1(adjective) 1. carefully; 2. gently