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there's no use in continuing to talk about or in doing something, flogging a dead horse
呾破無酒
dan3(5) pua3 bho5(7) jiu2
wicked and evil
枭惡
hiao1 ak4
to cry so hard that your tears have tears
哭到目汁流目汁滴
kao3(5) gao3(5) mak8(4) jap4 lao5 mak4(8) jap4 dih4
more beautiful than Lady Soulak
雅過蘇六娘
ngia2(6) gue3(5) sou1 lak8(4) nio5
skinnier than a dog
㾪過狗
sang2(6) gue3(5) gao2
messier than a pig sty
荋過豬宿
yeu5(7) gue3(5) deu1 siu7
straighter than an arrow
直過箭
dik8(4) gue3(5) jin3
harder than a rock ?
橂過石牯
dain7 gue3(5) jioh8(4) gou2
more worries than He Hou Lai (a Teochew folktale character)
心事㩼過夏雨來
sim1 seu7 joi7 gue3(5) he7 hou6(7) lai5
thicker than the back wall
厚過阫牆
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gao6(7) gue3(5) bui1 chion5