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斗筲之人

Mandarin · pinyin dǒu shāo zhī rén

Meanings

  1. a small-minded person
  2. a bean-counter
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斗
dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii
筲
shāo · basket, bucket
之
zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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3–1–1–2 · dou3 shao1 zhi1 ren2

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dau2 saau1 zi1 jan4

Cantonese word readings for 斗筲之人. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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dau2 saau1 zi1 jan4

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