剝花生
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See also: 剥花生
Chinese[edit]
peel; to skin | peanut | ||
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trad. (剝花生) | 剝 | 花生 | |
simp. (剥花生) | 剥 | 花生 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
剝⫽花生 (verb-object)
- (literally) to shell peanuts, to scale peanuts
- (Cantonese, idiomatic) to sit aside and shell peanuts while the pair attending matchmaking talk to each other (usually as a younger sibling of the female side dispatched by parents); to be the third wheel; to act as the relaxed observer
- (Cantonese, neologism) to watch the excitement; to go where the crowds are