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大daai6米mai5

daai6 mai5dà mǐ

English

  1. (husked) rice
  2. informal term for taro or sweet potato

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 戲稱薯類或者芋頭,特別係番薯

Examples

  • 鸟喜欢大米。

    The bird likes rice.

    Tatoeba · aye1995 CC BY

  • 捱大米

    to subsist on sweet potato (in order to save money)

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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