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笨手笨腳
简 笨手笨脚 · 繁 笨手笨腳Mandarin · pinyin bèn shǒu bèn jiǎo
Meanings
- clumsy
- all thumbs
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Mandarin tones
4–3–4–3 · ben4 shou3 ben4 jiao3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ban6 sau2 ban6 goek3
Cantonese word readings for 笨手笨腳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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phrase
- (colloquial) clumsy; all thumbs
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