「老公撥扇」
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| Pronunciation： | lou5 gung1 put3 sin3 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
老 old; old in age; of long standing; experienced; senior 公 public; shared; governmental; (of animals) male; obverse; mother's father; old man 撥 dial; allocate; to dial 扇 fan |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
an expression meaning miserable and wretched, literally "the husband fans", a pun based on the link with 妻涼 (cai1 loeng4, "wife feels cool", i.e. as a result of the husbands fanning) which sounds the same as 淒涼 ("miserable")
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