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飯後一支煙，賽過活神仙
简 饭后一支烟，赛过活神仙 · 繁 飯後一支煙，賽過活神仙Mandarin · pinyin fàn hòu yī zhī yān , sài guò huó shén xiān
Meanings
- have a smoke after each meal and you will surpass the immortals (proverb)
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- 飯
- fàn · cooked rice; food; meal
- 後
- hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 支
- zhī · disperse, pay; support; branch
- 煙
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- 賽
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- 過
- guò · pass, pass through, go across
- 活
- huó · live, exist, survive; lively
- 神
- shén · spirit, god, supernatural being
- 仙
- xiān · Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal
- 饭
- fàn · cooked rice; food, meal
- 后
- hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
- 烟
- yān · smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
- 赛
- sài · compete, contend; contest, race
- 过
- guò · pass, pass through, go across
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faan6 hau6 jat1 zi1 jin1 ，coi3 gwo3 wut6 san4 sin1
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