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紅hung4旗kei4

simp红旗
hung4 kei4Hóng qíhóng qí

English

  1. see 紅旗區|红旗区[Hong2 qi2 Qu1]
  2. red flag
  3. red flag or banner (often implying danger)
  4. guiding political/ideological principle, usually in relation to communism

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 以紅色為主色嘅旗,通常代表危險或者警告(量詞:塊/支/面)
  2. 借指政治或者意識形態綱領,通常同共產主義或社會主義有關

Examples

  • 三面紅旗

    “Three Red Flags” (consisted of General Line for socialist construction, the Great Leap Forward and the people's communes, an ideological slogan in the late 1950s)

  • 打着紅旗反紅旗

    subtle political sabotage or undermining; literally: using the Red Flag to attack the Red Flag

  • 淺水灣泳灘已經掛起紅旗。

    The red flag is flying at Repulse Bay.

  • 警方舉起紅旗,警告示威者停止衝擊。

    The police raised the red banner to warn the protestors to stop charging. ----

  • 她穿了一件红旗袍。

    She wore a red cheongsam.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 红旗代表存在危险。

    The red flag indicated the presence of danger.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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