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餓死老婆燻臭屋
  ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1   jyutping
  e4 si3 lao3 po2 xun1 chou4 wu1   pinyin
be unable to earn enough money to get married or sustain a wife when married, to cause one's wife to die of hunger, and to stink up the house with her corpse

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
餓死老婆燻臭屋 / 饿死老婆熏臭屋

This word has been viewed 4124 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 30th Aug 2009 07:56 and last edited on 30th Aug 2009 17:33
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Characters in this word:

 ngo6  -  hungry; starving
 sei2  -  die; death; dead
 lou5  -  old, venerable
 po4 po4*2  -  old woman; grandmother
 fan1  -  cure meat; fumigate
 cau3  -  stinking; disgusting
 uk1  -  house
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