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餵老虎機

wai3 lou5 fu2 gei1

wei4 lao3 hu3 ji1

to insert coins into a parking meter

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

餵老虎機 / 喂老虎机

This word was added by bybell on 3rd Jan 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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餵 wai3 wei4 - [v] feed; raise
老 lou5 lao3 - old, venerable
虎 fu2 hu3 - tiger
機 gei1 ji1 - machine

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