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利口不利腹lei6 hau2 bat1 lei6 fuk1delicious or tasty but unhealthy利口lei6 hau2Lee Wai Lun, a retired Hong Kong football player利口唔利腹lei6 hau2 m4 lei6 fuk1delicious or tasty but unhealthy利害lei6 hoi6benefits and shortfalls; advantages and disadvantages利市lei6 si5(noun) good luck利是lei6 si6(noun) Red pocket money (which put in red envelopes and given to unmarried people in Chinese New Year)利是封lei6 si6 fung1a red envelope with money inside, given by an elder to a younger person (a traditional Chinese New Year custom practice)利智lei6 zi3Nina Li, Hong Kong actress, married to action superstar Jet Li利東街lei6 dung1 gaai1Lee Tung Street, known as the Wedding Card Street, in Wan Chai, Hong Kong利誘lei6 jau5Seduce somebody by interest; bribery刪改saan1 goi2Delete and change刪繁就簡saan1 faan4 zau6 gaan2to simplify by eradicate the superfluous刮削gwaat3 soek3to exploit; to take poor people's money刮友gwaat3 jau5to be hunt down or look for one (for revenge)刮料gwaat3 liu2to source intel or sensitive information刮沙gwaat3 saa1Gua sha, which is a traditional Chinese medical treatment刮粗龍gwaat3 cou1 lung4earning huge amount of wealth illegally (slang)刮花gwaat3 faa1to scratch or leave a mark刮龍gwaat3 lung2corruption; graft到其時dou3 kei4 si4until then; by that time; when it comes to that time; when the time comes for…到dou3(verb) reach到喉唔到肺dou3 hau4 m4 dou3 fai3(slang) to describe something that is not enough to meet a need; something which is inadequate to satisfy one's desire for something; often used to describe food that is expensive but very small in portion到埗dou3 bou6to arrive at; to reach到埠dou3 fau6arriving到時到候dou3 si4 dou3 hau6by the right time到會dou3 wui6catering at home到死dou3 sei2to death, to an extreme degree制zai3to limit (Cantonese)制勝zai3 sing3to bring the enemy under control制唔過zai3 m4 gwo3not worth going for (spoken)制得過zai3 dak1 gwo3worthwhile; a good deal制水zai3 seoi2water restriction; water rationing