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等到頸都長 (dang2 dou3 geng2 dou1 coeng4) — to have been waiting for a very long time in Cantonese

dangˊ²等dou˗₃到gengˊ²頸douˉ¹都coengˎ₄長
简 等到颈都长
Mandarin Pinyin: deng3 dao4 jing3 dou1 zhang3

Meaning of 等到頸都長

nounto have been waiting for a very long time
nouna long wait (slang)

Characters in 等到頸都長

等dang2; ting3
equal; same
到dou3
arrive; reach; get to
頸geng2
neck; neck-shaped thing | [國] 脖
都dou1
also; too
長coeng4
(of distance and time) long | [antonym] 短

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