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大有文章
Mandarin · pinyin dà yǒu wén zhāng
Meanings
- some deeper meaning in this
- more to it than meets the eye
- there's sth behind all this
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Mandarin tones
4–3–2–1 · da4 you3 wen2 zhang1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
daai6 jau5 man4 zoeng1
Cantonese word readings for 大有文章. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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daai6 jau5 man4 zoeng1
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phrase
- (idiomatic) there's something behind all this; there's more to it than meets the eye
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