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零敲碎打

Mandarin · pinyin líng qiāo suì dǎ

Meanings

  1. to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
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零
líng · zero; fragment, fraction
敲
qiāo · strike, beat, pound, hammer; rap
碎
suì · break, smash; broken, busted
打
dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
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2–1–4–3 · ling2 qiao1 sui4 da3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ling4 haau1 seoi3 daa2

Cantonese word readings for 零敲碎打. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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ling4 haau1 seoi3 daa2

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