芋仔

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Chinese

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Colocasia antiquorum
 
minutely; young; duty
minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (芋仔)
simp. #(芋仔)
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芋仔

  1. (Hakka, Southern Min) taro
  2. (Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative, sometimes ironic or derogatory) waishengren; immigrants who moved to Taiwan from mainland China after the end of World War II
    芋仔 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  lāu-ō͘-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  old Chinese Civil War veteran
  3. (Cantonese) eddo
  4. (Zhenqian Min) potato

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