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新來乍到

简 新来乍到 · 繁 新來乍到
Mandarin · pinyin xīn lái zhà dào

Meanings

  1. newly arrived (idiom)
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新
xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
來
lái · come, coming; return, returning
乍
zhà · first time, for the first time
到
dào · go to, arrive, been to
来
lái · come, coming; return, returning
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1–2–4–4 · xin1 lai2 zha4 dao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

san1 loi4 zaa3 dou3

Cantonese word readings for 新來乍到. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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san1 loi4 zaa3 dou3

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to have just arrived; to be newly arrived; to be a newcomer

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