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篤背脊

duk1 bui3 zek3

du3 bei4 ji3

to betray; to snitch; to stab someone in the back; to rat on someone | Also written as: 督背脊; 擉背脊; 𢽴背脊 | 漢: 打小報告

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

篤背脊 / 笃背脊

This word was added by tym on 5th Apr 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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篤 duk1 du3 - profound; dangerous; [粵] to poke
背 bui3 pei4 bo1 bei4 bei1 - back; the reverse side
脊 zek3 zik3 ji2 ji3 - spine; backbone

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