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感冒

Mandarin · pinyin gǎn mào

to catch cold
(common) cold
Classifier: 場 cháng, 次 cì
(coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative)
(Tw) to detest
can't stand

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感: gǎn · feel, perceive, emotion
冒: mào · risk, brave, dare

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3–4 · gan3 mao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gam2 mou6

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noun

(pathology) cold (common viral illness); common cold
(informal) influenza
(literary, historical) pretext for requesting leave of absence used by officials in the Qing dynasty

verb

to catch a cold
(literary) to sense; to feel
(Mainland China, figurative, colloquial, often in the negative) to fancy; to be interested in
(Taiwan, figurative, colloquial) to loathe; to hate

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