lau5 ngai6 zyun6柳毅傳柳毅传

Jyutpinglau5 ngai6 zyun6

Yaleláuh ngaih jyunh

Definition

story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties

Tone guide

T1High level

T2High rising

T3Mid level

T4Low falling

T5Low rising

T6Low level

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鹿死誰手鹿死谁手

luk6 sei2 seoi4 sau2lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom)

流言蜚語流言蜚语

lau4 jin4 fei1 jyu5rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip

連鍋端连锅端

lin4 wo1 dyun1to take even the cooking pots (idiom); to wipe out

拉大纜拉大缆

laai1 daai6 laam6noun; Tug of War Contest in which two teams pull at opposite ends of a rope until one drags the other over a central line.

藍頭紅尾鴝蓝头红尾鸲

laam4 tau4 hung4 mei5 keoi4(bird species of China) blue-capped redstart (Phoenicurus coeruleocephala)

兩虎相爭，必有一傷两虎相争，必有一伤

loeng5 fu2 soeng1 zang1 ，bit1 jau5 jat1 soeng1lit. if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)

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