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吊起來賣,講穿一字咁浅而已

English translation: kind of pushing up, nothing but obvious facts

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Chinese term or phrase:吊起來賣,講穿一字咁浅而已
English translation:kind of pushing up, nothing but obvious facts
Entered by: Wenjer Leuschel (X)

14:37 Mar 18, 2007
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Chinese term or phrase: 吊起來賣,講穿一字咁浅而已
深知功夫並無秘密——若云有秘密,都是有人故作神秘,吊起來賣而已,“秘密”也者,講穿一字咁浅而已。
jeremy76
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Explanation:
… just a kind of pushing up --- the so-called secrets are nothing but obvious facts which do not worth a dime if you see behind them.

一字咁浅 = something obvious (Cantonese idiom)
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Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 22:51
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3 +1A suggestion
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
3just like tantalization; (The secret) is actually just one word.
Julia Zou
3FYI
pkchan


  

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Explanation:
… just a kind of pushing up --- the so-called secrets are nothing but obvious facts which do not worth a dime if you see behind them.

一字咁浅 = something obvious (Cantonese idiom)

Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Taiwan
Local time: 22:51
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 7

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just like tantalization; (The secret) is actually just one word.


Explanation:
我的理解:吊起來賣=吊胃口 一字咁浅=就是一个字,因为没有上下文,我也不知道是什么,比如说,可能是个“勤”字吧。
所以两部分分别译为:just like tantalization 和 (The secret) is actually just one word.

Julia Zou
China
Local time: 22:51
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FYI


Explanation:
吊起來賣=抬高身價,自抬身價。原意是放在檯上的東西,售價不高,掛起來便可賣貴一點。
一字咁浅=好像寫個一字那麼簡單、容易
講穿=道破
而已=僅是這樣
the simple truth is that they just want to jack up the value/price

pkchan
United States
Local time: 10:51
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