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鑽石王老五

zyun3 sek6 wong4 lou5 ng5

a golden bachelor (lit. diamond single man) ng5 may be pronounced as m5

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

鑽石王老五

This word was added by bybell on 24th Jan 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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鑽 zyun3 zyun1 zuan1 zuan4 - to drill; bore; pierce; dig through
石 sek6 shi2 {dan4} - stone; rock; mineral
王 wong4 wong6 wang2 - king; ruler; royal
老 lou5 lao3 - old, venerable
五 ng5 wu3 - five

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