「炒蝦拆蟹」
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Pronunciation: | caau2 haa1 caak3 haai5 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
炒 stir-fry; to stir-fry; to speculate; to fire; to sack; to lay off; to fail; to perform badly; to have an argument; to have a row; to hit something; to take a photo 蝦 shrimp; to bully; prawn 拆 dismantle; to expose; to open; to unwrap; to dismantle; to separate; to split; to tear down; to demolish; to solve problems; to figure out 蟹 crab |
Part of Speech: | verb |
Explanation: |
to use bad language; to swear; literally: to stir-fry prawn and dress crab, since signs of fish, prawn and crab were used to replace swear words in newspaper
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Synonym: | Synonym: 屌蝦拆蟹 |
See also: | 咀咒 爆粗 問候 發誓 誓言 立誓 |
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