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封官許願 (fung1 gun1 heoi2 jyun6) — to offer official posts and make lavish promises (said as a pejorative) in Cantonese

fungˉ¹封gunˉ¹官heoiˊ²許jyunˍ₆願
简 封官许愿
Mandarin Pinyin: feng1 guan1 xu3 yuan4

Meaning of 封官許願

nounto offer official posts and make lavish promises (said as a pejorative)

Characters in 封官許願

封fung1
envelope; wrapper; covering
官gun1
government official; officer; office holder
許heoi2
a surname
願jyun6
vow (made before Buddha or a god)

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