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大哥大
daai6 go1 daai6
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[1] Motorola DynaTAC (brick phone) [2] [archaic] cellular/mobile phones in general: when cellular phones first came out, they were expensive and usually seen only in the hands of 大哥 ([slang] 大佬, triad boss, rich businessmen). Term popularly used around 1988-1995 and usage declined as mobile phones became commonplace.  Level: 3 Google Frequency: 1,740,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2846 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 20th Jul 2004 10:13 and last edited on 11th Mar 2009 21:52 |
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Characters in this word:大 daai6 - big哥 go1 go1*4 - elder brother 大 daai6 - big |
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