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上下其手

Mandarin · pinyin shàng xià qí shǒu

to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
fig. conspiring to defraud

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上: shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
下: xià · under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
其: qí · his, her, its, their; that
手: shǒu · hand

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4–4–2–3 · shang4 xia4 qi2 shou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

soeng6 haa6 kei4 sau2

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(idiomatic) to practice fraud; to manoeuvre for some evil end; to get up to tricks
(idiomatic) to signal as conspiratorial hint
(neologism, misinterpretation of the original) to sexually harass by groping

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