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食拖鞋飯
sik6 to1 haai4*2 faan6
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(of a man) to live off one's wife/girlfriend; to depend on one's wife/girlfriend for support used to describe a man who is supported by a woman, i.e. he has his slippers on all the time, (even when eating) because he doesn’t have to work. Lit. eating slippers rice
 Level: 3 Google Frequency: 206 This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵 |
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This word has been viewed 4307 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 7th Aug 2004 12:10 and last edited on 25th Feb 2014 23:22 |
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Characters in this word:食 sik6 zi6 - eat; food拖 to1 - drag; delay 鞋 haai4 - shoes 飯 faan6 - cooked rice |
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