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橫七豎八

简 横七竖八 · 繁 橫七豎八
Mandarin · pinyin héng qī shù bā

Meanings

  1. in disorder
  2. at sixes and sevens (idiom)
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橫
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七
qī · seven
豎
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八
bā · eight; all around, all sides
横
héng · across
竖
shù · perpendicular, vertical; erect
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Mandarin tones

2–1–4–1 · heng2 qi1 shu4 ba1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

waang4 cat1 syu6 baat3

Cantonese word readings for 橫七豎八. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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waang4 cat1 syu6 baat3

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) in disorder, at sixes and sevens

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