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拆招牌 (caak3 ziu1 paai4) — to ruin a business owner's reputation by complaining (lit., "split the signboard") in Cantonese

caak˗₃拆ziuˉ¹招paaiˎ₄牌
Mandarin Pinyin: chai1 zhao1 pai5

Meaning of 拆招牌

nounto ruin a business owner's reputation by complaining (lit., "split the signboard")
nounlit. to remove one's signboard, meaning to destroy one's good reputation

Characters in 拆招牌

拆caak3
tear open; take apart; undo
招ziu1
trick; device; move
牌paai4
cards, dominos, mahjong, etc

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