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生骨大頭菜
saang1 gwat1 daai6 tau4 coi3
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a spoilt brat - literally, a bony turnip This is the first part of a 歇後語 with 種壞 as the hidden part. A turnip (大頭菜) becomes bony (生骨) because it grows wrong (種壞). And 種壞 sounds exactly like 縱壞, i.e. spoilt. Thus, a bony turnip connotes a spoilt brat.
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Characters in this word:生 saang1 sang1 - born; grow; life; alive; unripe骨 gwat1 - bone; skeleton; framework 大 daai6 - big 頭 tau4 - head; first; chief 菜 coi3 - vegetables; dish |
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