見牙不見眼

简 见牙不见眼 · 繁 見牙不見眼
Cantonese · source Jyutpinggin3 ngaa4 bat1 gin3 ngaan5

Meanings

  1. too happy; smiling broadly
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Same syllable, six tones

bat不bat1notbat2—bat3—bat4—bat5—拔bat6to pull up
ngaanngaan1—ngaan2—ngaan3—颜ngaan4color眼ngaan5eye雁ngaan6wild goose

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: jian4 ya2 bu4 jian4 yan3. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Exact source record & identity見牙不見眼 见牙不见眼 [jian4 ya2 bu4 jian4 yan3] {gin3 ngaa4 bat1 gin3 ngaan5} /too happy; smiling broadly/

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