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post Oct 9 2021, 01:39 PM, updated 5y ago

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You don't need to read Chinese, just need to speak it.

I start with some common Chinese idioms here.

Eat slipper rice
Pull ox up tree
Chicken fly dog run
Spilled basket of crabs
Ghost cover eyes .

Have fun...there are more than 80 idioms for you to find

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QUOTE(Twins10 @ Oct 9 2021, 01:39 PM)
You don't need to read Chinese, just need to speak it.

I start with some common Chinese idioms here.

Eat slipper rice
Pull ox up tree
Chicken fly dog run
Spilled basket of crabs
Ghost cover eyes .

Have fun...there are more than 80 idioms for you to find
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QUOTE(raynman @ Oct 9 2021, 01:42 PM)
Sik Tor Hai Farn
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Spill basket of crabs...doh sei loh hai.
Good find the others in the picture..
Rock kill crab
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Eat bowl top, flip bowl bottom...

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QUOTE(Twins10 @ Oct 9 2021, 01:44 PM)
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QUOTE(Twins10 @ Oct 9 2021, 01:39 PM)
You don't need to read Chinese, just need to speak it.
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單眼佬 see 老婆

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Big  flog simply jump on street
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QUOTE(tikaram @ Oct 9 2021, 02:04 PM)
菠萝鸡

單眼佬 see 老婆

fly sotong

老鼠拉龟

Big  flog simply jump on street
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QUOTE(Twins10 @ Oct 9 2021, 01:39 PM)
You don't need to read Chinese, just need to speak it.

I start with some common Chinese idioms here.

Eat slipper rice
Pull ox up tree
Chicken fly dog run
Spilled basket of crabs
Ghost cover eyes .

Have fun...there are more than 80 idioms for you to find
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Interesting; but please give answers both idioms and meaning.
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