明火打劫

Cantonese · source Jyutpingming4 fo2 daa2 gip3

Meanings

  1. verb; rob with torches and weapons; open robbery act recklessly and care for nobody; doing bad thing
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Same syllable, six tones

mingming1—ming2—ming3—明ming4bright酩ming5drunk命ming6
daadaa1—打daa2to beatdaa3—daa4—daa5—daa6—
gipgip1—gip2—劫gip3to robgip4—gip5—gip6—

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: ming2 huo3 da3 jie2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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CC-Canto · Pleco Inc. · edition 2017-02-02
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Exact source record & identity明火打劫 明火打劫 [ming2 huo3 da3 jie2] {ming4 fo2 daa2 gip3} /verb; rob with torches and weapons; open robbery act recklessly and care for nobody; doing bad thing/

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