「量地」
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Pronunciation: | loeng4 dei6 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
量 amount; to measure; quantity; volume; capacity; to weigh; to consider 地 land; -ly; ground; field; floor; place; locality; area |
Part of Speech: | verb |
Labels: | Slang |
Explanation: |
unemployed; literally: measure land; "measure" is a homophone of "pace" in Cantonese -- when a person paces on street during the office hours, it implies that person has no job
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Synonym: | Synonym: 踎躉 |
See also: | 揸兜 待業 吊砂煲 踎墩 無業游民 |
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