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叫好不叫座 (giu3 hou2 bat1 giu3 zo6) — good on paper, but not a blockbuster; a box office flop despite raving reviews in Cantonese

giu˗₃叫houˊ²好batˉ¹不giu˗₃叫zoˍ₆座
Mandarin Pinyin: jiao4 hao3 bu4 jiao4 zuo4

Meaning of 叫好不叫座

noungood on paper, but not a blockbuster; a box office flop despite raving reviews
nounSomething that is of high quality, but it is not selling well.

Characters in 叫好不叫座

叫giu3
be called; known as
好hou2
well; all right; okay
不bat1
not; no; un-
座zo6
seat; stand; base; pedestal

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