man4 kung4 coi4 zeon6民窮財盡民穷财尽

Jyutpingman4 kung4 coi4 zeon6
Yalemành kùngh chòih jeunh

Definition

the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy

Tone guide

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

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無何无何
mou4 ho4nothing else; before long
冇眼睇
mou5 ngaan5 tai2(phrasal verb) cannot stand to look at; cannot bear to think about; to turn a blind eye to; to be reluctant to intervene in
微擾展開微扰展开
mei4 jiu5 zin2 hoi1perturbative expansion (physics)
馬恩列斯马恩列斯
maa5 jan1 lit6 si1abbr. for Marx 馬克思|马克思[Ma3 ke4 si1], Engels 恩格斯[En1 ge2 si1], Lenin 列寧|列宁[Lie4 ning2] and Stalin 斯大林[Si1 da4 lin2]
苗
miu4(adjective) 1. Slim; 2. Fit; (noun) Chinese surname; (of medicine) 1. Vaccine; (Chinese minority) The Miao; (plant) Young plant
霉爛霉烂
mui4 laan6mold
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