vắt cổ chày ra nước
Pronunciation
Northern
/vat˧˥ ko̰˧˩˧ ʨa̤j˨˩ zaː˧˧ nɨək˧˥/
Central
/ja̰k˩˧ ko˧˩˨ ʨaj˧˧ ʐaː˧˥ nɨə̰k˩˧/
Southern
/jak˧˥ ko˨˩˦ ʨaj˨˩ ɹaː˧˧ nɨək˧˥/
Listen
stingy to a fault
Phrase
stingy to a fault
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Phrase
stingy to a fault
A figurative expression for extreme stinginess or miserly behavior.
Parts
沕古鈙𠚢渃
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Parts
沕古鈙𠚢渃
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
沕古鈙𠚢渃
Candidates by syllable
vắt
沕（𢪱 / 𧉚 / 𧊎）
cổ
古
chày
鈙（𣖖 / 𣖗 / 𩹭）
ra
𠚢（𦋦）
nước
渃
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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