Chinese[edit]
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pot or saucepan; to boil; cook or heat
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trad. (煲冬瓜)
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煲
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冬瓜
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simp. #(煲冬瓜)
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煲
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冬瓜
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Literally: “to make winter melon soup”.
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Etymology[edit]
Similar-sounding pun on 普通話/普通话 (pou2 tung1 waa6-2, “Mandarin”) in Cantonese.
Pronunciation[edit]
煲冬瓜
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 煲 (bāo), 冬瓜 (dōngguā).
- (Cantonese, humorous) Mandarin Chinese, especially when spoken with a heavy Cantonese accent