食死貓

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See also: 食死猫

Chinese

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eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
to die; impassable; uncrossable
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid
 
cat
trad. (食死貓)
simp. (食死猫)
Literally: “to eat a dead cat”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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食⫽死貓 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese) to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed

Synonyms

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