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制高點zai3 gou1 dim2a strategic position from heights for military purposes刷caat3(verb) 1. swipe (credit card); 2. scratch (card); 3. to butter up (someone);刷白saat3 baak6to paint white刷鞋caat3 haai4to sweet talk or suck up one刺癢ci3 joeng5Itchy刻字hak1 zi6to engrave characters剃刀門楣tai3 dou1 mun4 mei4shaving more than one time, to refer too much levy剃眼眉tai3 ngaan5 mei4(phrasal verb) to insult or to embarrass someone in public.剃面tai3 min6shaving (spoken)剃鬚tai3 sou1(verb) to shave (a beard)則師zak1 si1architect削仔soek3 zai2a weak or thin male削soek3(Cantonese); cut; chop; weak (physical); incapable削地soek3 dei6(king) to slash or reduce size of vassal's fief削坺坺soek3 paat6 paat6watery with lumps (food)削平soek3 ping4bevelment前世唔修cin4 sai3 m4 sau1an act of karma on one's unfortunate events (spoken)前世撈亂骨頭cin4 sai3 lou1 lyun6 gwat1 tau4mutual enmity; describes a situation where two or more parties are always having issues with each other and having a sour relationship for a long time; literally 'their bones were mixed up in their past lives'前仆后繼cin4 puk1 hau6 gai3marching forward with courage (military)前便cin4 bin6(preposition ; noun ; adverb) front; in front of前個排cin4 go3 paai4earlier on; previously前列腺癌cin4 lit6 sin3 ngaam4Prostate cancer前前後後cin4 cin4 hau6 hau6overall; throughout前功盡廢cin4 gung1 zeon6 fai3wasted all efforts made previously前嗰排cin4 go2 paai4some time ago前嗰牌cin4 go2 paai4the front row前嗰排cin4 go2 paai4the front row前嗰輪cin4 go3 leon4earlier on; a while ago前園cin4 jyun4Front yard前塵往事cin4 can4 wong5 si6things that happened long time ago; memory from the past前山cin4 saan1Front A place in Zhuhai, China前度cin4 dou6ex- (especially used in ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend or partner)