獨食難肥

简 独食难肥 · 繁 獨食難肥
Cantonese · source Jyutpingduk6 sik6 naan4 fei4

Meanings

  1. unwilling to share fruits of success (slang)
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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Same syllable, six tones

duk督duk1to supervise and directduk2—duk3—duk4—duk5—毒duk6geekish
sik色sik1colorsik2—sik3—sik4—sik5—食sik6to eat
naannaan1—naan2—naan3—难naan4difficult赧naan5blushing with shamenaan6—

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: du2 shi2 nan2 fei2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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duk6 sik6 naan4 fei4

Cantonese word readings for 獨食難肥. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Exact source record & identity獨食難肥 独食难肥 [du2 shi2 nan2 fei2] {duk6 sik6 naan4 fei4} /unwilling to share fruits of success (slang)/

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