Cantonese words starting with L

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A common colloquial name for the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC).

Honest, clean, and upright; not abusing power for personal gain.

Anti-corruption work; efforts and administrative matters to maintain integrity and clean government.

Integrity; honesty and uprightness.

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Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC); Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency.

To gather or collect; to restrain or control oneself.

Face; the front part of the head.

To accumulate or gather wealth by unscrupulous or unjust means.

Cheek; the side of the face near the cheekbone.

Face; facial appearance or features.

To blush; for one's cheeks to turn red due to excitement, embarrassment, or stimulation.

Facial expression or look.

臉皮厚脸皮厚

Thick-skinned, shameless, or brazen.

Face; the front part of a person's head.

Facial expression or complexion.

To put a dead body into a coffin.

An old-fashioned women's bow or obeisance.

Mortuary or morgue; a building where dead bodies are kept temporarily before burial.

To pinch, squeeze, or grab tightly with the fingers, or to compete against.

To smelt, refine, or harden metal with fire.

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鍊爆春袋炼爆春袋

To fight with all of one's strength and without inhibition; to go all out.

To drag race or compete in street racing, usually illegally.

To defeat or outdo one's rivals in a competition or contest.

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鍊到爆屎炼到爆屎

To engage in a fierce, brutal competition or struggle.

To massage by kneading and pressing the muscles and bones.

To defeat or outdo an opponent in a competition or contest.

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鍊死為止炼死为止

To fight to the death; to struggle until the end.

To engage in a fierce competition or head-to-head battle.

To pity, feel for, or sympathize with someone's misfortune.

Ripple, or flowing continuously.

Grain; a variant form of the character for year.

To link, connect, or join things together, often using a medium.

Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix).

To connect strokes when writing, typically in cursive.

Conjunction; a word used to connect clauses or sentences.

A series or succession of continuous events.

Because of something else; consequently or as a result of a related action or person.

Lotus; an aquatic plant with large floating leaves, edible rhizomes, and large flowers.

蓮花杯莲花杯

A small cup or tub of ice cream.

Repeatedly; several times in a row.

A link, connection, or hyperlink.

Coherent, coordinated, and logically connected from beginning to end.

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連貫性连贯性

Consistency; continuity; coherence.

To connect, stay in contact, or be linked.

In one breath; continuously, successively, or in one go without interruption.

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憐香惜玉怜香惜玉

To treat women tenderly; to show protective feelings and gentleness toward women.

To be reelected, reappointed, or to continue in the same office after a term ends.

Linen; a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.

For several days in a row; day after day.