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錦衣玉食
简 锦衣玉食 · 繁 錦衣玉食Mandarin · pinyin jǐn yī yù shí
Meanings
- brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury
- extravagance
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3–1–4–2 · jin3 yi1 yu4 shi2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gam2 ji1 juk6 sik6
Cantonese word readings for 錦衣玉食. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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gam2 ji1 juk6 sik6
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phrase
- (figurative) a life of luxury; extravagance
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