乞人憎 (hat1 jan4 zang1 | qi3 ren2 zeng1) : despicable

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乞人憎

hat1 jan4 zang1

qi3 ren2 zeng1

despicable; detestable; contemptible; annoying | synonyms: [漢] 討厭; 討人嫌; 招人恨. [粵] 篤眼篤鼻
lit. "acting as if begging people to hate him/her"

乞人憎 is a standalone idiom. It is also the second part of a 歇後語 with 非洲和尚 as the first part. There is a play on the pronunciation of 乞人憎 which sounds really close to 黑人僧, a black monk, which can refer to an African monk 非洲和尚.

Level: 4 Google Frequency: 750

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

乞人憎

This word has been viewed 8134 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 22nd Jul 2004 09:43 and last edited on 14th Sep 2011 06:37

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乞 hat1 hei3 - beg; give
人 jan4 - person; human being
憎 zang1 - hate; detest; loathe

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一做錯少少嘢就俾佢插, 唔乞人憎就奇! 粵
He chews you out for every small mistake you make, it's no wonder he's so unpopular!

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