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大牌

Mandarin · pinyin dà pái

strong card
honor card (card games)
very popular or successful person
self-important

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
牌: pái · signboard, placard

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4–2 · da4 pai2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 paai2

Cantonese word readings for 大牌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(figurative) heavyweight; celebrity; big name
(Singapore) building number

adj

(figurative) famous; famed
(Cantonese) arrogant; haughty; self-important

noun

(Hong Kong) any one of the licenses for higher levels, specifically: — General Restaurant Licence
(Hong Kong) any one of the licenses for higher levels, specifically: — Estate Agent Qualifying Exam

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