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名花有主

Mandarin · pinyin míng huā yǒu zhǔ

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2–1–3–3 · ming2 hua1 you3 zhu3

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ming4 faa1 jau5 zyu2

Cantonese word readings for 名花有主. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

ming4 faa1 jau5 zyu2

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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(idiomatic) the famed beauty has been spoken for; (of a girl, or something precious) to be taken