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雞手鴨腳 (gai1 sau2 aap3 goek3) — all fingers and thumbs; clumsy in doing manual work; awkward | [Mandarin] 笨手笨腳 in Cantonese

gaiˉ¹雞sauˊ²手aap˗₃鴨goek˗₃腳
简 鸡手鸭脚
Mandarin Pinyin: ji1 shou3 ya1 jiao3

Meaning of 雞手鴨腳

nounall fingers and thumbs; clumsy in doing manual work; awkward | [Mandarin] 笨手笨腳
noun(slang) clumsy and unskillful; all fingers and thumbs

Characters in 雞手鴨腳

雞gai1
a prostitute or a woman in a sexual capacity
手sau2
handy, portable; handwritten
鴨aap3
duck
腳goek3
footnote; rhyme

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