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見牙唔見眼 (gin3 ngaa4 m4 gin3 ngaan5) — smiling broadly (such that one "sees the teeth and not the eyes") in Cantonese

gin˗₃見ngaaˎ₄牙mˎ₄唔gin˗₃見ngaanˏ₅眼
简 见牙唔见眼
Mandarin Pinyin: jian4 ya2 wu2 jian4 yan3

Meaning of 見牙唔見眼

nounsmiling broadly (such that one "sees the teeth and not the eyes")
nounto have a big grin on one's face [colloquial]

Characters in 見牙唔見眼

見gin3
meet; call on; visit
牙ngaa4
Kangxi radical 92
唔m4
not; no | [華] 不
眼ngaan5
eye; ocular; look; glance

Words Containing 見牙唔見眼

笑到見牙唔見眼siu3 dou3 gin3 ngaa4 m4 gin3 ngaan5
hilarious

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