地頭蛇 (dei6 tau4 se4 | di4 tou2 she2) : someone who knows an area particularly well; a locally influential gangster

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地頭蛇

dei6 tau4 se4

di4 tou2 she2

[1] someone who knows an area (or people from an area) particularly well [2] a locally influential gangster; a local bully / villain / tyrant

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

地頭蛇 / 地头蛇

This word has been viewed 1404 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 28th May 2007 22:15 and last edited on 30th Mar 2009 07:53

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地 dei6 dei6*2 - earth; land; district; location
頭 tau4 - head; first; chief
蛇 se4 ji4 seu4 - snake

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