拍烏蠅 (paak3 wu1 jing4*1 | ) : slack business

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拍烏蠅

paak3 wu1 jing4*1

[1] have a slack business (so slack that the shopkeeper swats flies to kill time); have a dull market
[2] have nothing to do [a soccer term referring to the 'relaxed' goalkeeper whose teammates are constantly on the attack on the other half of the pitch]

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 11,400

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

拍烏蠅 / 拍乌蝇

This word has been viewed 1936 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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拍 paak3 paak3*2 - clap; pat; strike
烏 wu1 - crow; dark
蠅 jing4 - fly (insect)

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