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釘子戶
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nailed-down household It refers to those people who refuse to move when their house is about to be torn down by the government for a new construction project.
Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1495 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 5th Jan 2017 09:18 and last edited on 7th Mar 2018 13:59 |
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Characters in this word:釘 deng1 ding1 - nail; follow closely; urge子 zi2 - son; person; egg; young; subsidiary 戶 wu6 - door; household; family; account |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).