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夾心餅乾
简 夹心饼干 · 繁 夾心餅乾Mandarin · pinyin jiā xīn bǐng gān
Meanings
- sandwich cookie
- (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
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- 夾
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- 心
- xīn · heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)
- 餅
- bǐng · rice-cakes, biscuits
- 乾
- qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
- 夹
- jiā · be wedged or inserted between
- 饼
- bǐng · rice-cakes, biscuits
- 干
- gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried
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Mandarin tones
1–1–3–1 · jia1 xin1 bing3 gan1
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noun
- cookie sandwich
- (Shanghainese) a middleman who has to tolerate frustration from both sides
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