烏蠅 (wu1 jing1) — the fly. Mand.: 蒼蠅 in Cantonese
wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅简 乌蝇
Mandarin Pinyin: wu1 ying2
Meaning of 烏蠅
nounthe fly. Mand.: 蒼蠅
noun(noun) (insect) a fly
Example Sentences with 烏蠅
fikˍ₆扐hoiˉ¹開zek˗₃隻wuˉ¹烏jingˉ¹蠅。
Flick away the fly.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好ciˏ₅似mouˏ₅冇tauˎ₄頭wuˉ¹烏jingˎ₄蠅
He's like a headless chicken.
ngoˏ₅我haiˍ₆係mouˏ₅冇tauˎ₄頭wuˉ¹烏jingˎ₄蠅
I'm clueless.
gau˗₃救ming6!命！ngoˏ₅我haiˍ₆係mouˏ₅冇tauˎ₄頭wuˉ¹烏jingˎ₄蠅
Help! I'm all over the place.
singˎ₄成jatˍ₆日mouˏ₅冇tauˎ₄頭wuˉ¹烏jingˎ₄蠅
Always acting erratically.
Characters in 烏蠅
Words Containing 烏蠅
冇頭烏蠅mou5 tau4 wu1 jing4
a headless fly, someone who acts recklessly without a plan
打烏蠅daa2 wu1 jing1
idiom. to only arrest low ranking officials in a scandal but not arrest those higher ranking officals responsible.
烏蠅拍wu1 jing1 paak3
flyswatter
盲頭烏蠅maang4 tau4 wu1 jing1
(act like) a headless chicken
拍晒烏蠅paak3 saai3 wu1 jing1
to not have absolutely no customers in a restaurant / shop / business; to have absolutely no business [colloquial]
拍烏蠅paak3 wu1 jing1
have nothing to do [a soccer term referring to the 'relaxed' goalkeeper whose teammates are constantly on the attack on the other half of the pitch]
烏蠅摟馬尾wu1 jing1 lau1 maa5 mei5
(Cantonese analogy - figurative meaning) to break a partnership; to blow up a relation.
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