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姣婆守唔到寡

haau4 po4 sau2 m4 dou2 gwaa2

a sexually promiscuous woman can't remain a widow

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3

姣婆守唔到寡

姣 gaau2 haau4 xiao4 xiao2 jiao1 jiao3 - beautiful; handsome; pretty; coquettish
婆 po4 po2 - old woman; grandmother
守 sau2 sau3 shou3 shou4 - defend; protect; guard; conserve
唔 m4 ng4 wu2 n2 ng2 - not
到 dou3 dao4 - reach, arrive; go to, been to
寡 gwaa2 gua3 - widowed; alone; little

This word was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 30th Aug 2007

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