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坎肩 (ham2 gin1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

坎肩 (ham2 gin1, kǎn jiān) — sleeveless jacket (usually cotton); Chinese waistcoat

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 坎頭埋牆 (ham2 tau2 maai4 coeng4) — to bang one's head against the wall [colloquial]
• 坎兒 (ham2 ji4) — critical juncture; key moment
• 坎兒井 (ham2 ji4 zeng2) — karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used …
• 坎坎 (ham2 ham2) — (dialect) just now
• 坎坷 (ham1 ho1) — (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of fru…
• 坎坷不平 (ham1 ho1 bat1 ping4) — potholed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes

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