Cantonese words starting with L

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lam4 ngai4 bat1 lyun6

臨危不亂临危不乱

Unruffled in the face of danger

lam4 ngai4 sau6 ming6

臨危授命临危授命

to sacrifice one's life in a crisis

Linnei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan

lam4 noi6 hoeng1

林內鄉林内乡

Linnei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan

see 臨安區|临安区[Lin2 an1 Qu1]

lam4 saa1 zeoi1

林沙錐林沙锥

(bird species of China) wood snipe (Gallinago nemoricola)

lam4 saam1 zi2 ceon1

林三趾鶉林三趾鹑

(bird species of China) common buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)

see 林西縣|林西县[Lin2 xi1 Xian4]

see 臨西縣|临西县[Lin2 xi1 Xian4]

lam4 sai1 jyun6

林西縣林西县

Linxi, a county in Chifeng City 赤峰市[Chi4 feng1 Shi4], Inner Mongolia

lam4 sai1 jyun6

臨西縣临西县

Linxi, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei

Lin Sen (1868-1943), revolutionary politician, colleague of Sun Yat-sen, chairman of the Chinese nationalist government (1928-1932)

Ruby Lin (1976-), Taiwanese actress and pop singer

lam4 sam1 lei5 bok6

臨深履薄临深履薄

always anxious and fearful; wading in deep water and treading on thin ice; to proceed with extreme caution

(slang) a bunch of staff or items of no value

woods and marshes

to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting)

lam4 sei2 bat1 hip3

臨死不怯临死不怯

equanimity in the face of death

facing the water (favored location)

lam4 seoi6 leon4

Stephen Lam Sui-lung, a politician in Hong Kong

see 臨沭縣|临沭县[Lin2 shu4 Xian4]

lam4 seot6 jyun6

臨沭縣临沭县

Linshu, a county in Linyi City 臨沂市|临沂市[Lin2 yi2 Shi4], Shandong

as the time draws near; temporary; ad hoc

lam4 si4 fan1 geoi1

臨時分居临时分居

trial separation

臨時工临时工

temporary worker; temp

lam4 si4 lam4 gap1

臨時臨急临时临急

at the last minute; in a rush

lam4 si4 pou5 fat6 goek3

臨時抱佛腳临时抱佛脚

(idiom) see 抱佛腳|抱佛脚[bao4 fo2 jiao3]

lam4 si4 taai3 fun2

臨時貸款临时贷款

lam4 si4 zing3 fu2

臨時政府临时政府

provisional government

to observe personally

(adjective) kind-hearted; benevolent

see 臨城縣|临城县[Lin2 cheng2 Xian4]

lam4 sing4 jyun6

臨城縣临城县

Lincheng, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei

see 臨湘市|临湘市[Lin2 xiang1 Shi4]

lam4 soeng1 si5

臨湘市临湘市

Linxiang, a county-level city in Yueyang City 岳陽市|岳阳市[Yue4 yang2 Shi4], Hunan

Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese

林書豪林书豪

Jeremy Lin (1988-), Taiwanese-American professional basketball player (NBA)

lam4 syut3 ping4

Linköping, city in southeast Sweden

see 臨潭縣|临潭县[Lin2 tan2 Xian4]

lam4 taam4 jyun6

臨潭縣临潭县

Lintan, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu

lam4 tin1 gwong1 laai6 niu6

臨天光瀨尿临天光濑尿

wetting the bed close to sunrise; cannot persist till the end (slang)

lam4 tin1 gwong1 laai6 niu6

臨天光賴尿临天光赖尿

last-minute failure (slang)

to practice calligraphy from a model

to observe from afar