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大手大腳
简 大手大脚 · 繁 大手大腳Mandarin · pinyin dà shǒu dà jiǎo
Meanings
- extravagant (idiom); to throw away money by the handful
- wasteful
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4–3–4–3 · da4 shou3 da4 jiao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daai6 sau2 daai6 goek3
Cantonese word readings for 大手大腳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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daai6 sau2 daai6 goek3
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phrase
- (idiomatic) wasteful; extravagant
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