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難以啟齒 (naan4 ji5 kai2 ci2) — find it to hard to open one's mouth(of sth. embarrassing or seemingly unreasonable request ) in Cantonese

naanˎ₄難jiˏ₅以kaiˊ²啟ciˊ²齒
简 难以启齿
Mandarin Pinyin: nan2 yi3 qi3 chi3

Meaning of 難以啟齒

nounfind it to hard to open one's mouth(of sth. embarrassing or seemingly unreasonable request )

Characters in 難以啟齒

難naan4
unpleasant; bad; offensive
以ji5
giving cause
啟kai2
open; start; initiate; begin; commence
齒ci2
a tooth-like part of anything

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