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咬糧
  ngaau5 loeng4   jyutping
  yao3 liang2   pinyin
live on one's pension (after retirement from government job); be a pensioner

[literal] bite one's pension | [variant] 食長糧
verb

Level: 4
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
咬糧 / 咬粮

This word has been viewed 1031 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 5th Nov 2012 01:10 and last edited on 20th Oct 2013 02:35
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Characters in this word:

 ngaau5  -  bite; incriminate; articulate
 loeng4  -  grain; food; salary
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