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着龍袍唔似太子 (zoek6 lung4 pou4 m4 ci5 taai3 zi2) — does not look like an emperor even when dressed in a dragon robe', a metaphor to describe someone who is lacking the dignified air / imposing mannerism no matter how well dressed they are in Cantonese

zoekˍ₆着lungˎ₄龍pouˎ₄袍mˎ₄唔ciˏ₅似taai˗₃太ziˊ²子
简 着龙袍唔似太子
Mandarin Pinyin: zhe5 long2 pao2 n2 shi4 tai4 zi3

Meaning of 着龍袍唔似太子

noundoes not look like an emperor even when dressed in a dragon robe', a metaphor to describe someone who is lacking the dignified air / imposing mannerism no matter how well dressed they are

Characters in 着龍袍唔似太子

着zoek6
dispatch; send; assign
龍lung4
a Chinese family name
袍pou4
robe; gown; housecoat
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
太taai3
highest; greatest; remotest
子zi2
(noun) 1. son; 2. offspring; (adjective) 1. subsidiary; (noun) one of the Earthly Branches

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