大閘蟹
simp大闸蟹daai6 zaap6 haai5dà zhá xiè
English
- Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab
- Hairy crab; the Chinese mitten crab; to describe a situation where one has money tied up in shares that have made a big loss in the trading market
- Shanghai hairy crab or Chinese mitten crab; literally: big sluice crab
- figuratively, stock holder who has money tied up in shares with a fall in stock price and is waiting for the stock price to rise again
粵語 — Cantonese
- 一種蟹；細隻，鉗有毛，喺沿海河口生活（量詞：隻）
- 引申指畀股票綁死咗，甩唔到身嘅投資者
Examples
陽澄湖大閘蟹，正！
Fresh hairy crabs from Yangcheng Lake, great! ----
我而家仲做緊大閘蟹啊！
I'm still struggling financially due to a stock market downturn.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk