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一jat1樹syu6梨lei4花faa1壓aat3海hoi2棠tong4

jat1 syu6 lei4 faa1 aat3 hoi2 tong4yī shù lí huā yā hǎi tánginferred

English

  1. Analogy of old husband with young wife. Literally, pear blossom tree over the Chinese flowering crabapple

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 比喻為老夫少妻。白色嘅梨花指白頭新郎,紅色嘅海棠指紅妝新娘。

Examples

  • 1962年有套西片《Lolita》香港譯做《一樹梨花壓海棠》,內容係講老少不倫戀。而Lolita呢個名因此被用嚟形容具有性魅力嘅早熟少女。

    In 1962 there's a foreign movie "Lolita", Hong Kong has translated the name using a sentence in So Tung Bo's peom, which is also telling the story of love affair between a young girl and old man. And the name Lolita is then used to describe early-maturing young girls who have sexual attraction.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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