「橋上倒涼茶」
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| Pronunciation： | kiu4 soeng6 dou2 loeng4 caa4 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
橋 bridge; plan; idea; plot of a story; by chance; coincidental 上 go up; top; to go up; to move upwards; to board; to get on a vehicle; to go ahead; to forge ahead; to fill; to supply; to serve a dish; to install; to attend class; to wind; to screw; to tighten; on top of 倒 fall down; reverse; to reverse; to move backwards; to turn upside down; to invert; approximately; about; around; to fall; to collapse; to pour; to tip; to empty 涼 cool 茶 tea; tisane |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
the former half of a sandwich pun implying 何苦 ("why bother"), literally "to pour herbal tea off the bridge (into the river 河 and thus turn the river bitter 苦)", where 何 puns with 河
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