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顧得頭嚟腳反筋 (gu3 dak1 tau4 lai4 goek3 faan2 gan1) — to attend to one thing and lose another; to focus on one thing and neglect another thing; to pay attention to one aspect and overlook another in Cantonese

gu˗₃顧dakˉ¹得tauˎ₄頭laiˎ₄嚟goek˗₃腳faanˊ²反ganˉ¹筋
简 顾得头嚟脚反筋
Mandarin Pinyin: gu4 de2 tou2 li2 jiao3 fan3 jin1

Meaning of 顧得頭嚟腳反筋

nounto attend to one thing and lose another; to focus on one thing and neglect another thing; to pay attention to one aspect and overlook another

Characters in 顧得頭嚟腳反筋

顧gu3
look after; attend to; take into consideration
得dak1
be satisfied/complacent
頭tau4
head; hair; hairstyle
嚟lai4
come; arrive
腳goek3
footnote; rhyme
反faan2
turn over; reverse; turn around
筋gan1
veins that stand out under the skin

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