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Chinese
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one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single
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fowl; chicken
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one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
(a measure word, for birds and some animals, for one of a pair); single
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duck
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| trad. (一隻雞、一隻鴨/一隻鷄、一隻鴨)
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一
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隻
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雞/鷄
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、
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一
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隻
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鴨
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| simp. (一只鸡、一只鸭)
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一
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只
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鸡
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、
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一
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只
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鸭
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Pronunciation
Idiom
一隻雞、一隻鴨
- (Singapore, originally Hainanese) to speak mutually unintelligible languages
福建人和廣東人講話就像是一隻雞、一隻鴨。 [MSC, trad.]
福建人和广东人讲话就像是一只鸡、一只鸭。 [MSC, simp.]- Fújiànrén hé Guǎngdōngrén jiǎnghuà jiù xiàng shì yī zhī jī, yī zhī yā.
- When a Hokkien person and a Cantonese person talk to each other, it's like a chicken talking to a duck.
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