ng5 gwai2 naau6 pun3五鬼鬧判五鬼闹判
Jyutpingng5 gwai2 naau6 pun3
Yaleng gwái nauh pun
Definition
Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
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T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level
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