老襯 (lou5 can3 | ) : the victim of fraud, a "sucker"

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老襯

lou5 can3

the victim of fraud, a "sucker"

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

老襯

This word was added by bybell on 14th Nov 2005 01:38 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

老 lou5 - old, venerable
襯 can3 - underwear; inner garments

4 compounds containing this word:

搵老襯 - to be tricked or cheated by someone
瓜老襯 - fail; die
做老襯 - a sucker; get married
鱷魚頭老襯底 - a person who looks very fierce or clever but actually is very chicken or stupid

Showing 1 example containing 老襯

我畀人搵老襯。粵
Someone tricked me.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

老親 lou5 can3 = parents; relatives of long standing

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Decimal representation of this word: 老襯

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