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美人照鏡
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Chinese
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beautiful
woman
;
beauty
;
lovely
lady
beautiful
woman
;
beauty
;
lovely
lady
;
royal
consort
to
look into
the
mirror
trad.
(
美人照鏡
)
美人
照鏡
simp.
(
美人照镜
)
美人
照镜
Literally:
“a beauty looks into the mirror”.
Pronunciation
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Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
mei
5
jan
4
ziu
3
geng
3
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
mei
5
jan
4
ziu
3
geng
3
Yale
:
méih yàhn jiu geng
Cantonese Pinyin
:
mei
5
jan
4
dziu
3
geng
3
Guangdong Romanization
:
méi
5
yen
4
jiu
3
géng
3
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/mei̯¹³ jɐn
²¹
t͡siːu̯³³ kɛːŋ³³/
Phrase
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美人照鏡
(
Hong Kong Cantonese
,
idiomatic
)
to
finish
one's
plate
; to have
eaten
all one's
food
for a
meal