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jingˎ₄蠅
(蝇)
Pinyin
ying2
Translations
noun
the fly, one of the most annoying insects
jingˎ₄蠅tauˎ₄頭siuˊ²小ziˍ₆字
(蝇头小字)
Pinyin
ying2 tou2 xiao3 zi4
Translations
noun
very tiny characters; very small characters
bouˍ₆捕jingˎ₄蠅ziˊ²紙
(捕蝇纸)
Pinyin
bu3 ying2 zhi3
Translations
noun
flypaper
noun
Flypaper
jingˉ¹蠅ziˊ²子
(蝇子)
Pinyin
ying2 zi5
Translations
noun
housefly | Cant.: 烏蠅 | Mand.: 蒼蠅
wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅
(乌蝇)
Pinyin
wu1 ying2
Translations
noun
the fly. Mand.: 蒼蠅
noun
(noun) (insect) a fly
paak˗₃拍wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅
(拍乌蝇)
Pinyin
pai1 wu1 ying2
Translations
noun
have nothing to do [a soccer term referring to the 'relaxed' goalkeeper whose teammates are constantly on the attack on the other half of the pitch]
noun
have a slack business (so slack that the shopkeeper swats flies to kill time); have a dull market
noun
(adj.) to describe a place where the business is very quiet / slow, with hardly any customers; literally 'squatting flies to kill time'.
ngauˎ₄牛jingˎ₄蠅
(牛蝇)
Pinyin
niu2 ying2
Translations
noun
the gadfly
noun
horsefly; cleg
jingˎ₄蠅tauˎ₄頭siuˊ²小leiˍ₆利
(蝇头小利)
Pinyin
ying2 tou2 xiao3 li4
Translations
noun
minuscule profit
noun
tiny profit
mouˏ₅冇tauˎ₄頭wuˉ¹烏jingˎ₄蠅
(冇头乌蝇)
Pinyin
mao3 tou2 wu1 ying2
Translations
noun
a headless fly, someone who acts recklessly without a plan
saiˉ¹西baanˉ¹班ngaaˎ₄牙congˉ¹蒼jingˎ₄蠅
(西班牙苍蝇)
Pinyin
Xi1ban1ya2 cang1ying5
Translations
noun
Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria) [written and colloquial]
daaˊ²打wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅
(打乌蝇)
Pinyin
da3 wu1 ying2
Translations
noun
idiom. to only arrest low ranking officials in a scandal but not arrest those higher ranking officals responsible.
noun
lit. swat fly
wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅paak˗₃拍
(乌蝇拍)
Pinyin
wu1 ying2 pai1
Translations
noun
flyswatter
noun
a flyswatter
congˉ¹蒼jingˉ¹蠅
(苍蝇)
Pinyin
cang1 ying5
Translations
noun
the fly. Cant.: 烏蠅
wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅lauˉ¹摟maaˏ₅馬meiˏ₅尾
(乌蝇搂马尾)
Pinyin
wu1 ying2 lou3 ma3 wei3
Translations
noun
(Cantonese analogy - figurative meaning) to break a partnership; to blow up a relation.
maangˎ₄盲tauˎ₄頭wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅
(盲头乌蝇)
Pinyin
mang2 tou2 wu1 ying2
Translations
noun
(act like) a headless chicken
paak˗₃拍saai˗₃晒wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅
(拍晒乌蝇)
Pinyin
pai1 shai4 wu1 ying2
Translations
noun
to not have absolutely no customers in a restaurant / shop / business; to have absolutely no business [colloquial]