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一蚊雞jat1 man1 gai1one buck ; dollar [colloquial]一蟹不如一蟹jat1 haai5 bat1 jyu4 jat1 haai5worse and worse; each one is worse than the last one [written and colloquial]一言驚醒夢中人jat1 jin4 ging1 sing2 mung6 zung1 jan4a wake up call; a word in due time [written and colloquial]一試便知龍與鳯jat1 si3 bin6 zi1 lung4 jyu5 fung6one can tell the wheat from the chaff with just one trial [written and colloquial]一鑊炒起jat1 wok6 caau2 hei2an utter failure; a catastrophe; a disastrous defeat; a fiasco; to have nothing much left; to destroy [colloquial]一隻二隻jat1 zek3 ji6 zek3each and everyone (of you ; them), usually used when scolding naughty kids [colloquial]一隻屐jat1 zek3 kek6literally: a clog; describes someone who is overworked [colloquial]一點正jat1 dim2 zing3one o'clock exactly [written and colloquial]丁屎ding1 si2a tiny bit [colloquial]七吓七吓cat1 haa5 cat1 haa5euphemism for 𨳍吓𨳍吓, slow-witted; dim-witted; dorky [colloquial]七咕碌cat1 gu1 luk1euphemism for 𨳍咕碌, a dickhead [colloquial]七成熟cat1 sing4 suk6medium-well done (steak) [written and colloquial]七碌cat1 luk1euphemism for 𨳍碌, a dickhead [colloquial]三人一條心,黃土變成金saam1 jan4 jat1 tiu4 sam1, wong4 tou2 bin3 sing4 gam1unity is strength [written and colloquial]三份saam1 fan6triplicate [written and colloquial]三份之一saam1 fan6 zi1 jat1a third [written and colloquial]三個六saam1 go3 luk6three sixes [written and colloquial]; the symbolic fee of three dollars sixty required for joining a triad gang [colloquial]三兜saam1 dau1thirty bucks ; dollars [colloquial]三劃saam1 waak6three strokes (in a Chinese character) [written and colloquial]; a police sergeant [colloquial]三味saam1 mei6three types of flavours [written and colloquial]三味saam1 mei2three types of sexual services, fellatio, anilingus and sexual intercourse [colloquial]三年唔發市,發市當三年saam1 nin4 m4 faat3 si5, faat3 si5 dong3 saam1 nin4to have an unexpectedly huge upturn ; win after a long period of downturn [colloquial]三度板斧saam1 dou6 baan2 fu2to have a limited repertoire of skills [written and colloquial]三成熟saam1 sing4 suk6medium-rare (for a steak) [written and colloquial]三陪saam1 pui4an escort in a nightclub; the service to accompany customers to drink, to eat and to have sex; describes the phenomenon of escort services observed in the officialdom in mainland China [written and colloquial]三點畢露saam1 dim2 bat1 lou6full frontal nudity [colloquial]三點盡露saam1 dim2 zeon6 lou6full frontal nudity [colloquial]上一個嘅soeng6 jat1 go3 ge3of the previous one [colloquial]上卡啦soeng5 kaa1 laa4to colour in; to add on the colours [colloquial]上啲soeng5 di1higher up [colloquial]上屋搬下屋,唔見一籮穀soeng6 uk1 bun1 haa6 uk1, m4 gin3 jat1 lo4 guk1one will always end up incurring some losses one way or the other in the moving process no matter how close you are moving to [colloquial]上莊soeng5 zong1to become a committee member of a society