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無情雞
mou4 cing4 gai1
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"heartless chicken"; a "pink slip". 15 days before the Lunar New Year, if the boss gave an employee a chicken leg at the last official dinner banquet for the year it meant the employee was being dismissed. Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:無 mou4 - not; negative; don't have情 cing4 - emotion, love, sentiment 雞 gai1 - chicken 1 compounds containing this word:食無情雞 - to get fired; to have received a pink slip; to receive marching orders |
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