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釣泥鯭

diu3 nai4 maang1

refers to an unlicensed taxi trolling around looking for passengers waiting for the bus with the fare being a little higher than bus fare (lit., "hooking a rabbit fish")

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

Level: 3

釣泥鯭

釣 diu3 diao4 - fish; fishhook; lure; tempt
泥 nai4 nei6 nai5 nai6 leu5 lei6 la ni2 nie4 ning4 ni3 {ni4} | ni4 - mud; mire; earth; clay; soil; to plaster
鯭 - (not in database)

This word was added by bybell on 13th Jun 2008

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