「人怕囈，米怕篩 / 人怕𠼮，米怕篩」
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人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 怕 to fear; to be afraid of; to dread; to dislike; to hate; to worry; to be afraid (that) 囈 to beg; to implore; to ask earnestly 米 rice; small dried object; money; metre 怕 to fear; to be afraid of; to dread; to dislike; to hate; to worry; to be afraid (that) 篩 to sift; to sieve; to eliminate; to disqualify; to spin; sifter; sieve |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
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an expression used to express how people are swayed gradually when bombarded with soft pleas; literally: human is afraid of babble, rice is afraid of sifting
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