非洲和尚——乞人憎

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Chinese

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Africa to beg people to hate; annoying
trad. (非洲和尚——乞人憎) 非洲 和尚 —— 乞人憎
simp. #(非洲和尚——乞人憎) 非洲 和尚 —— 乞人憎
alternative forms 非洲和尚——黑人僧
Literally: “African monk ― black monk/annoying”.

Etymology

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An African monk is a black monk (黑人 (hak1 jan4 zang1)), which is a humorous near-homophonic pun of 乞人憎 (hat1 jan4 zang1, “annoying”).

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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非洲和尚——乞人憎

  1. (Cantonese, xiehouyu) annoying

Synonyms

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