"棺材" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 guān cai coffin / CL:具[ju4],口[kou3]
Results beginning with 棺材
 guān cai bǎn wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself) / (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim / unsmiling / coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread)
 guān cai ráng zi geezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)
Approximate Results for 棺材
 bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom) / fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
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