淘古井 (tou4 gu2 zeng2 | ) : marry a rich widow

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淘古井

tou4 gu2 zeng2

[slang] marry a rich widow for her money; have an affair with an older rich woman
[literal] to clean out an ancient well

[variant] 掏古井

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

淘古井

This word has been viewed 1962 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 14th Nov 2005 01:42 and last edited on 2nd Dec 2010 14:27

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淘 tou4 - wash away; dredge
古 gu2 - ancient; old; a surname
井 zeng2 zing2 - a well; neat; orderly

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