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住海邊

zhùhǎibiān

ㄓㄨˋ ㄏㄞˇ ㄅㄧㄢ

Simplified 住海边

  1. 1(fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other people's business that one concerns oneself with is as wide as an ocean vista)
Example

她住海邊,可還是不會游泳。

tā zhùhǎibiān kě háishi búhuì yóuyǒng

She lives by the sea, but she doesn't know how to swim.

Keep 住海邊 and it comes back until you know it.

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