「靠得住，豬乸會上樹」
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| Pronunciation： | kaau3 dak1 zyu6 zyu1 naa2 wui5 soeng5 syu6 |
| Individual Character Meaning： |
靠 to depend on; to keep to; to get near; to rely on 得 okay; to get; only have; (suffix); advantage; gain; to equal to; to receive; to calculate; to compute; to only have; acceptable; can; able to; great; good; to have even done; to stay still 住 to live; for now; can; -able 豬 pig 乸 a female animal; (derogatory) wife; receptacle 會 to meet; meeting; will; can; big city; to understand; club; society; organisation; conference; to catch up; a very short while; be going to, will; going to; modal verb 'will' 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 樹 tree; place; to plant |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Labels： | Slang |
| Explanation： |
used to express disbelief in someone's reliability or trustworthiness; literally: if that is reliable then a sow will go up a tree
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