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神台貓屎
  san4 toi4 maau1 si2   jyutping
disgusting; unwelcome; abominable; accursed; highly unpopular; a person whom everybody dislikes intensely
[lit] cat shit on the altar

This is the first part of a 歇後語 which has 神憎鬼厭 as the hidden part. Literally, cat shit on the altar is certainly sth shunned by the gods and ghosts alike, i.e. 神憎鬼厭. But 神憎鬼厭 by itself is also a very common idiom which figuratively means "disgusting, unwelcome".

Idiom
nounAdditional PoS: adjective

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
神台貓屎 / 神台猫屎

This word has been viewed 1541 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 18th Jun 2008 03:30 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 san4  -  god; divinity; spirit; supernatural; weird
 toi4  -  terrace; platform; stand; Taiwan; your
 maau1  -  cat
 si2  -  excrement; no good
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