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濕水炮仗 (sap1 seoi2 paau3 zoeng2) — describes a well-tempered person or a person who never gets angry (always suppress his/her anger); literally 'wet firecracker' in Cantonese

sapˉ¹濕seoiˊ²水paau˗₃炮zoengˊ²仗
Mandarin Pinyin: chi4 shui3 pao4 zhang5

Meaning of 濕水炮仗

noundescribes a well-tempered person or a person who never gets angry (always suppress his/her anger); literally 'wet firecracker'

Characters in 濕水炮仗

濕sap1
wet; moist; damp; humid
水seoi2
extra charge/income
炮paau3
cannon; big gun; mortar; firecracker
仗zoeng3
battle; war; fight

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