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襟 kam1 {jīn}

(noun) Brothers (whom wives are sisters)

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襟 kam1 {jīn}

  1. lapel
  2. overlap of Chinese gown
  3. fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
  4. to cherish (ambition, desires, honorable intentions etc) in one's bosom

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襟計〔-计〕 kam1 gai3 {jīn jì}

need a long time to calculate; a large amount

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襟章 kam1 zoeng1 {jīn zhāng}

a badge; a medal

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襟弟 kam1 dai6 {jīn dì}

husband of wife's younger sister

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襟度 kam1 dou6 {jīn dù}

  1. broad-minded
  2. magnanimous

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襟兄 kam1 hing1 {jīn xiōng}

husband of wife's older sister

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襟翼 kam1 jik6 {jīn yì}

(aircraft) wing flap

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襟抱 kam1 pou5 {jīn bào}

  1. ambition
  2. an aspiration

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襟素 kam1 sou3 {jīn sù}

one's true heart

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襟懷〔-怀〕 kam1 waai4 {jīn huái}

  1. bosom (the seat of emotions)
  2. one's mind

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襟兄弟 kam1 hing1 dai6 {jīn xiōng dì}

brothers-in-law whose wives are sisters; a more modern interpretation of this phrase is to refer to two guys who have slept with the same woman

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襟懷夷曠〔-怀-旷〕 kam1 waai4 ji4 kwong3 {jīn huái yí kuàng}

broad-minded

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襟懷坦白〔-怀--〕 kam1 waai4 taan2 baak6 {jīn huái tǎn bái}

  1. open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. ingenuous
  3. open hearted
  4. unselfish
  5. magnanimous
  6. broad-minded

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