「今晚打老虎」
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Pronunciation: | gam1 maan1 daa2 lou5 fu2 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
今 now; present time 晚 night; evening; being late; later period; in recent years 打 to hit; dozen; to beat; to strike; to knock; to shoot; to compete with; to fight against; to go up against; to whisk; to inject; to load; to fill with; to tie; to knot; to "check off"; to get; to seize; to catch; to hunt; to work; to strive; to think; to concentrate; to count 老 old; old in age; of long standing; experienced; senior 虎 tiger |
Part of Speech: | expression |
Labels: | Loanword |
Explanation: |
a joke transposition of French "Comment allez-vous?" meaning "How are you?"; literally "tonight hit tiger"
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