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手腳不乾淨

简手脚不干净 · 繁手腳不乾淨

Mandarin · pinyin shǒu jiǎo bù gān jìng

thieving
light-fingered
prone to stealing

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手: shǒu · hand
腳: jiǎo · foot; base, leg, foundation
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
乾: qián · gān · dry; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male); trigram ☰; hexagram ䷀
淨: jìng · pure, clean, unspoiled
脚: jiǎo · leg, foot; base, leg, foundation
干: gàn · oppose, offend; invade; dried
净: jìng · clean, pure; cleanse

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3–3–4–1–4 · shou3 jiao3 bu4 gan1 jing4

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sau2 goek3 bat1 gon1 zeng6

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