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看人下菜碟兒 (hon3 jan4 haa6 coi3 dip6 ji4) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

看人下菜碟兒 (hon3 jan4 haa6 coi3 dip6 ji4, kàn rén xià cài dié r) — (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom); not to treat everyone equally favorably

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Usage

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 看到 (hon3 dou3) — can see
• 看小 (hon3 siu2) — to look down
• 看更 (hon1 gaang1) — a security guard
• 看牛 (hon1 ngau4) — to cowherd; often used as an expression to describe the energy required to look…
• 看風使舵 (hon3 fung1 sai2 to4) — (proverb) to adapt; change different directions according to different circumst…
• 看見 (hon3 gin3) — (adverb) Initially

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