61.
Cantonese: 兜口兜面 (dau1 hau2 dau1 min6)
English: Straight in your face
Written Chinese: 當著你面前
62.
Cantonese: 手指指 (sau2 zi2 zi2)
English: Pointing fingers
Written Chinese: 指手畫腳
63.
Cantonese: 郁手郁腳 (juk1sau2 juk1 goek3)
English: Thrusting and kicking
Written Chinese: 動手動腳
64.
Cantonese: 現兜兜 (jin6 dau1 dau1)
English: Cold cash
Written Chinese: 花綠綠的鈔票／現金
65.
Cantonese: 篤眼篤鼻 (duk1 ngaan5 duk1 bei6)
English: Suffer an eyesore when unpleasant things keep appearing in front of you, literally piercing your eyes and nose.
Written Chinese: 很礙眼
66.
Cantonese: 篤背脊 (duk1 bui3 zek3)
English: Backstabbing; talk bad behind one’s back; accuse someone behind their back.
Written Chinese: 打小報告
67.
Cantonese: 串 (cyun3)
English: Arrogant
Written Chinese: 很跩
68.
Cantonese: 報串 (bou3 cyun3)
English: Report a wrongdoing
Written Chinese: 告狀
69.
Cantonese: 串串弓 (cyun3 cyun3 gung1)
English: Snobbish and arrogant
Written Chinese: 又跩又高傲
70.
Cantonese: 鬆毛鬆翼 (sung1 mou4 sung1 jik6)
English: Be blown with pride; snooty.
Written Chinese: 趾高氣揚、目中無人
Linguistic Reference:
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-can/
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