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清湯寡水
简 清汤寡水 · 繁 清湯寡水Mandarin · pinyin qīng tāng guǎ shuǐ
Meanings
- meager fare
- (fig.) insipid
- colorless
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1–1–3–3 · qing1 tang1 gua3 shui3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
cing1 tong1 gwaa2 seoi2
Cantonese word readings for 清湯寡水. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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cing1 tong1 gwaa2 seoi2
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phrase
- (of a dish) watery and tasteless
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