「食七噉食 / 食七咁食」
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| Individual Character Meaning： |
食 to eat; to take (medicine); to suffer; to conquer; to control 七 seven 噉 then; in this way; well; this; in this manner; like 食 to eat; to take (medicine); to suffer; to conquer; to control |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Labels： | Slang |
| Explanation： |
to wolf down food; to pig out; to gorge oneself; alludes to guests stuffing themselves at traditional post-funeral banquets during the 49-day (the seven sevens) mourning period; literally: eating like at a seventh-day mourning feast
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| See also： | 狼吞虎嚥 峽谷 山坑 峽 |
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