鱷魚潭 (ngok6 jyu4 taam4 | ) : a dangerous place; the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

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鱷魚潭

ngok6 jyu4 taam4

[1] a dangerous place (lit., "crocodile pool")
[2] the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

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This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

鱷魚潭

This word has been viewed 1333 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 9th Mar 2009 05:22

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鱷 ngok6 - crocodile, alligator
魚 jyu4 - fish
潭 taam4 - deep water; deep pool; deep

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