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老貓燒鬚. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
cat
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to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever |
beard; moustache
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| trad. (老貓燒鬚)
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老
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貓
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燒
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鬚
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| simp. (老猫烧须)
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老
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猫
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烧
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须
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| Literally: “an old cat get its whiskers burnt”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
老貓燒鬚
- (Cantonese) an experienced person making mistakes or failing at something that should be familiar