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煲電話粥

简煲电话粥 · 繁煲電話粥

Mandarin · pinyin bāo diàn huà zhōu

to talk endlessly on the phone

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煲: bāo · to heat; to boil a saucepan
電: Look up this written character
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
粥: zhōu · rice gruel, congee
电: diàn · electricity; electric; lightning
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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1–4–4–1 · bao1 dian4 hua4 zhou1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bou1 din6 waa2 zuk1

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verb

(idiomatic) to talk for hours on the telephone

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