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叔姪縮窒 (suk1 zat6 suk1 zat6) — describes a situation when someone back out of something out of stinginess and got away with not having to even spend a penny in Cantonese

sukˉ¹叔zatˍ₆姪sukˉ¹縮zatˍ₆窒
简 叔侄缩窒
Mandarin Pinyin: shu2 zhi2 suo1 zhi4

Meaning of 叔姪縮窒

noundescribes a situation when someone back out of something out of stinginess and got away with not having to even spend a penny

Characters in 叔姪縮窒

叔suk1
uncle; father's younger brother
姪zat6
nephew or niece (in compound words)
縮suk1
recoil; withdraw; draw back; retire
窒zat6
block; stop up; obstruct; stifle

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