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敗家仔

baai6 gaa1 zai2

Prodigal son - A son who destroys his father's reputation and family by not being filial.

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 21,800

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

敗家仔

This word was added by spacemonkey on 6th Oct 2004 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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敗 baai6 bai4 - be defeated; to defeat
家 gaa1 gu1 jia1 gu1 - home; family
仔 zai2 zi2 zai3 zi1 - son; child; small animal

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