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搵老襯

wan2 lou5 can3

wen4 lao3 chen4

to be tricked or cheated by someone

This word can only be used in Spoken Cantonese or informal Cantonese writing. 粵

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 266

搵老襯 / 揾老衬

搵 wan3 wan2 man5 yun3 yun1 wen4 - [粵] to look for; to search
老 lou5 lao3 - old, venerable
襯 can3 chen4 - underwear; inner garments

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我畀人搵老襯。粵 edit
Someone tricked me.

This word was added by Emerald on 22nd Apr 2005 and last edited on 18th Jun 2008

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