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Descriptions of medical symptoms in Cantonese are often used in daily conversations to produce some fun expressions about behaviour and emotions. Luisa Tam walks us through some insane terms for a range of feelings, from sam jyun meaning “soft heart” to indicate forgiveness, to ngaang geng which literally means “stiff neck” but really describes stubbornness.
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