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Yalegām sìhng móuh
Definition
Takeshi Kaneshiro, a well-known Taiwanese-Japanese actor and singer.
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How it's used
Refers to the actor as a cultural archetype for the quintessential handsome man in Hong Kong. It is common to use his name as a benchmark for male attractiveness, often appearing in comparisons where someone is jokingly or genuinely described as a local version of him.
Examples
He was really as handsome as Takeshi Kaneshiro when he was young.
Related words
Common phrases
Hong Kong version of Takeshi Kaneshiro
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
