gai1 daan2 leoi5 tiu1 gwat1 tau4雞蛋裡挑骨頭鸡蛋里挑骨头
Jyutpinggai1 daan2 leoi5 tiu1 gwat1 tau4
Yalegāi dán léuih tīu gwāt tàuh

Definition

to look for bones in an egg; to nitpick (idiom)

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T1High level
T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level

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高雲高云
gou1 wan4Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty
舊知旧知
gau6 zi1old acquaintance
饋馈
gwai3food; to present a gift; to offer food
見縫就鑽见缝就钻
gin3 fung6 zau6 zyun3lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom)
句型
geoi3 jing4sentence pattern (in grammar)
基督教
gei1 duk1 gaau3Christianity
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