「恨死隔籬」
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| Pronunciation: | han6 sei2 gaak3 lei4 |
| Individual Character Meaning: |
恨 to hate; to detest somebody; to be eager; to wish eagerly 死 to die; inflexible; to fail; unable to coexist; fixed; rigid; stiff; same old same old; literally: damned; to malfunction; to break down; very; extremely; to insist; to be stubborn 隔 at a distance from; to separate; (of time) to pass 籬 spider; sieve; strainer |
| Part of Speech: | expression |
| Labels: | Slang |
| Explanation: |
to be the object of great envy; literally, to provoke extreme jealously in one's neighbours
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| See also: | 眼赤 嫉妒 吃醋 眼紅 |
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