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凍過水 (dung3 gwo3 seoi2) — a metaphor for lacking hope; a situation that doesn't look good in Cantonese

dung˗₃凍gwo˗₃過seoiˊ²水
简 冻过水
Mandarin Pinyin: dong4 guo4 shui3

Meaning of 凍過水

nouna metaphor for lacking hope; a situation that doesn't look good
nouna hopeless situation; literally: 'colder than water'

Characters in 凍過水

凍dung3
cold; icy
過gwo3
pass; cross; walk
水seoi2
extra charge/income

Words Containing 凍過水

條命凍過水tiu4 meng6 dung3 gwo3 seoi2
of one\'s life to be in imminent danger; looming danger

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