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五行欠抦

ng5 hang4 him3 bing2

naughty, in need of a beating

This is a humorous variant of 五行欠水.

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

Level: 3

五行欠抦

五 ng5 wu3 - five
行 haang4 hang4 hong4 hang6 xing2 hang2 - walk; travel; profession; business line
欠 him3 qian4 - to owe; deficient; lacking
抦 bing2 bing3 - to beat

This word was added by bybell on 11th Jun 2008

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