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爛泥扶不上牆
简 烂泥扶不上墙 · 繁 爛泥扶不上牆Mandarin · pinyin làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
Meanings
- useless (idiom)
- worthless
- inept
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4–2–2–4–4–2 · lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
laan6 nai4 fu4 bat1 soeng5 coeng4
Cantonese word readings for 爛泥扶不上牆. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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laan6 nai4 fu4 bat1 soeng5 coeng4
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phrase
- (idiomatic) to be so incompetent that others' help is of no use; to be hopelessly inept
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