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船頭驚鬼，船尾驚賊
简 船头惊鬼，船尾惊贼 · 繁 船頭驚鬼，船尾驚賊Cantonese · source Jyutpingsyun4 tau4 geng1 gwai2, syun4 mei5 geng1 caak6
Meanings
- to be too cowardly to make a firm decision [colloquial]
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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: chuan2tou2 jing1 gui3, chuan2wei3 jing1 zei2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.
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