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江湖大佬

gong1 wu4 daai6 lou2

underworld big boss; triad big brother

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3

江湖大佬

江 gong1 jiang1 - large river; Chinese surname
湖 wu4 hu2 - lake
大 daai6 da4 dai4 - big
佬 lou2 lao3 liao2 lu4 - guy, male, fellow, man

This word was added by bybell on 27th Nov 2006 and last edited on 1st Jun 2008

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