天花龍鳳

简 天花龙凤 · 繁 天花龍鳳
Cantonese · source Jyutpingtin1 faa1 lung4 fung6

Meanings

  1. an extravagant, exaggerated statement or speech not intended to be taken literally
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Same syllable, six tones

faa花faa1flowerfaa2—化faa3to make intofaa4—faa5—faa6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: tian1 hua1 long2 feng4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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tin1 faa1 lung4 fung6

Cantonese word readings for 天花龍鳳. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

  1. (Cantonese) wild boast about something; extravagant embellishments; hype

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Exact source record & identity天花龍鳳 天花龙凤 [tian1 hua1 long2 feng4] {tin1 faa1 lung4 fung6} /an extravagant, exaggerated statement or speech not intended to be taken literally/

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