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抬棺材甩褲
toi4 gun1 coi4 lat1 fu3 |
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extremely embarrassing; commit a breach of etiquette; cut a sorry figure [literal] trousers slip while carrying a coffin - a disgrace to the dead This is the first part of a two-part allegorical saying that has 失禮死人 (a disgrace to the dead) as the second part.
Both 失禮 and 死人 have double meanings. 失禮 can mean "embarrassing" as well as "disgrace"; 死人 can be used as an adverb of degree that means "extremely", apart from used as a noun "the dead". Hence, "extremely embarrassing". |
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抬棺材甩褲 / 抬棺材甩裤 | ||
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Characters in this word:抬 toi4 - raise, lift棺 gun1 - coffin 材 coi4 - timber; building materials 甩 lat1 - to lose; to get rid of; to leave behind 褲 fu3 - trousers, pants |
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