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一竹篙打死一船人
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blanket condemnation of a group for one person's mistake Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2257 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 27th Jul 2007 20:01 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little竹 zuk1 - bamboo 篙 gou1 - boat-pole 打 daa2 daa1 - hit; strike | dozen 死 sei2 - die; death; dead 一 jat1 - one; a; same; whole; each; once; a little 船 syun4 - ship; boat; vessel 人 jan4 - person; human being |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).