nou4 ngaan4 pei5 sat1奴顏婢膝奴颜婢膝

Jyutpingnou4 ngaan4 pei5 sat1
Yalenòuh ngàahn péih sāt

Definition

Servile, fawning, and excessively submissive.

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naau6 faan1
鬧翻闹翻
To fall out with someone after an argument, turning hostile and ending the friendship.
ngong6 mat1 geoi1
戇乜居戆乜居
Silly bloody fool; extremely stupid or idiotic.
ngaan5 zung1 deng1
眼中釘眼中钉
An eyesore; a thorn in one's side; someone or something extremely hated that one wants to get rid of.
ngau5 zoeng6 faa3
偶像化
To idolize; to turn into an idol.
naam4 zoek3
男爵
Baron; the fifth rank of nobility in ancient China, also used to translate equivalent Western titles.
naau6 gwai2
鬧鬼闹鬼
To be haunted; of a place, believed to be inhabited or visited by ghosts.
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