藤tang4條tiu2

English

1. rattan
2. rattan stick

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 一枝用藤嚟做嘅木棍仔，非常柔韌，用途有拍衫、撩嘢等等，有人會攞嚟打小朋友，作為懲罰（量詞：條／枝）

Examples

• 而家啲細路唔用藤條打唔得。

  The children nowadays really need some discipline from the rattan stick.

• 梭羅垂涎於這種植物強壯的紫色莖稈，將其製成藤條，而知更鳥則以深紅色汁液的漿果為食。

  Thoreau coveted the plant's strong purple stalk for a cane, and the robins eat its dark crimson-juiced berries.

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