粉飾昇平

简 粉饰升平 · 繁 粉飾昇平
Cantonese · source Jyutpingfan2 sik1 sing1 ping4

Meanings

  1. to pretend that everything is going well
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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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Reading & tones

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Same syllable, six tones

sik色sik1colorsik2—sik3—sik4—sik5—食sik6to eat
ping砰ping1bangping2—聘ping3to engage平ping4flatping5—ping6—

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: fen3 shi4 sheng1 ping2. 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粉飾昇平 粉饰升平 [fen3 shi4 sheng1 ping2] {fan2 sik1 sing1 ping4} /to pretend that everything is going well/

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