「老婆擔遮」
| Entry #1 | |
| Pronunciation： | lou5 po4 daam1 ze1 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
老 old; old in age; of long standing; experienced; senior 婆 elderly female 擔 burden; to look up at; picul; tam; to take on 遮 umbrella; to cover; to block |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
an expression meaning sad and pitiful, literally "the wife holds the umbrella", a pun based on the link with 陰公 (jam1 gung1, "to shade the husband", i.e. by holding the umbrella to block the sunlight) which sounds the same as 陰功 ("pitiful")
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