㢥起床板

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdung6 hei2 cong4 baan2

Meanings

  1. to burn the midnight oil, to not sleep the whole night to work [colloquial]
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Same syllable, six tones

baan班baan1team板baan2boardbaan3—baan4—baan5—办baan6to do

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: dong4 qi3 chuang2ban3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity㢥起床板 㢥起床板 [dong4 qi3 chuang2ban3] {dung6 hei2 cong4 baan2} /to burn the midnight oil, to not sleep the whole night to work [colloquial]/

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