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石罅米
  sek6 laa3 mai5   jyutping
one who is willing to spend money only on females; one who frequents whorehouses | synonym:
[lit] a grain of rice in the cleft between two stone slabs

This is the first part of a 歇後語 with as the second part. Literally, a grain of rice in the cleft between two stone slabs can be pecked only by hens, i.e. which also means "hookers". The figurative meaning has extended from "hookers" to "females" in general.
This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing.
Idiom
Level: 4
石罅米

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 sek6  shi2 {dan4}  -  stone; rock; mineral
 laa3  xia4  -  [n] crack; fissure; split; rift; cleft; flaw
 mai5  mi3  -  uncooked rice
This word was added by C Chiu on 5th May 2008
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