婆婆媽媽
简 婆婆妈妈 · 繁 婆婆媽媽Meanings
- effeminate
- old-womanish
- garrulous
- fainthearted
- overly careful
- overly sensitive
- maudlin
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2–5–1–1 · po2 po5 ma1 ma1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
po4 po4 maa1 maa1
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adj
- overly careful (like an old woman); womanishly garrulous; irresolute
- sentimental; maudlin; fainthearted
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