拍烏蠅

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Chinese

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to clap; to pat; to beat
to clap; to pat; to beat; to hit; to slap; to take (a picture)
 
housefly
trad. (拍烏蠅) 烏蠅
simp. (拍乌蝇) 乌蝇
anagram 烏蠅拍乌蝇拍

Pronunciation

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Verb

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拍⫽烏蠅 (verb-object) (Cantonese)

  1. (literally) to swat flies (with a flyswatter)
  2. (figurative, of business, traffic, etc.) to be slack (to the extent that clerks can only swat flies in the shop); to be sluggish; to be quiet

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