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人情薄過紙 (jan4 cing4 bok6 gwo3 zi2) — human relationship is thinner than a paper, which means a relationship can be very weak in Cantonese

janˎ₄人cingˎ₄情bokˍ₆薄gwo˗₃過ziˊ²紙
简 人情薄过纸
Mandarin Pinyin: ren2 qing2 bo2 guo4 zhi3

Meaning of 人情薄過紙

nounhuman relationship is thinner than a paper, which means a relationship can be very weak

Characters in 人情薄過紙

人jan4
manpower; staff; human resources
情cing4
nature; reason
薄bok6
infertile; poor; barren
過gwo3
pass; cross; walk
紙zi2
paper

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