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擘開眼講大話 (maak3 hoi1 ngaan5 gong3 daai6 waa6) — blatantly tell a lie; have the audacity to tell a lie with one's eyes wide open in Cantonese

maak˗₃擘hoiˉ¹開ngaanˏ₅眼gong˗₃講daaiˍ₆大waaˍ₆話
简 擘开眼讲大话
Mandarin Pinyin: bo4 kai1 yan3 jiang3 da4 hua4

Meaning of 擘開眼講大話

nounblatantly tell a lie; have the audacity to tell a lie with one's eyes wide open

Characters in 擘開眼講大話

擘maak3
(jyutping) maak3 - Cantonese only
開hoi1
depart; leave; start
眼ngaan5
eye; ocular; look; glance
講gong2
Cantonese dialectical word: say; speak
大daai6
a Chinese family name
話waa6
talk; speak; tell

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