吊鹽水

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Chinese[edit]

to hang; to suspend salt solution; brine; Yanshuei
trad. (吊鹽水) 鹽水
simp. (吊盐水) 盐水

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吊⫽鹽水 (verb-object)

  1. (medicine) to have intravenous saline infusion
  2. (regional, medicine, informal, by extension) to have an intravenous infusion; to be put on an IV; to be put on a drip
  3. (Cantonese, figurative) to be barely surviving (often financially)

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