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煲冇米粥 (bou1 mou5 mai5 zuk1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

煲冇米粥 (bou1 mou5 mai5 zuk1, bāo mǎo mǐ zhōu) — describes the act doing something that has no positive outcome or where there is no chance of success; all talk and no trousers; to waste time discussing something that will amount to nothing

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 煲仔 (bou1 zi2) — clay pot
• 煲仔飯 (bou1 zai2 faan6) — a dish where rice is cooked in the clay pot
• 煲冬瓜 (bou1 dung1 gwaa1) — a pun on the word 'Putonghua' (Mandarin); literally 'to boil a winter melon'
• 煲劇 (bou1 kek6) — to binge watch drama
• 煲呔 (bou1 taai1) — bowtie (spoken)
• 煲水新聞 (bou1 seoi2 san1 man4) — fabricated news or news without substantial facts

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