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倒吊冇滴墨水 (dou3 diu3 mou5 dik1 mak6 seoi2) — hanging upside down without dropping one drop of ink, which means a person seems to know a certain thing, but actually is clueless and lack of content in Cantonese

dou˗₃倒diu˗₃吊mouˏ₅冇dikˉ¹滴makˍ₆墨seoiˊ²水
Mandarin Pinyin: dao4 diao4 mao3 di1 mo4 shui3

Meaning of 倒吊冇滴墨水

nounhanging upside down without dropping one drop of ink, which means a person seems to know a certain thing, but actually is clueless and lack of content

Characters in 倒吊冇滴墨水

倒dou2
be spoiled; malfunction
吊diu3
suspend; hang; dangle
冇mou5
don't have; haven't; not; do not; have no
滴dik6
drip; dripping
墨mak6
black; pitch-dark
水seoi2
extra charge/income

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