「關公細佬」
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Pronunciation: | gwaan1 gung1 sai3 lou2 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
關 to shut; to close; difficult situation; stage of a game; line of defence 公 public; shared; governmental; (of animals) male; obverse; mother's father; old man 細 small; tiny; little; young; youthful; weak; soft; junior 佬 guy; fellow; man; chap; a middle-aged man |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Explanation: |
also fine; literally: Guan Gong's younger brother; the former half of a "sandwich pun" of which the other half 亦得 (also fine) jik6 dak1 puns with 翼德 i.e. the Chinese style name of Zhang Fei, Guan's younger sworn brother
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