河蟹
ho4 haai5hé xiè
English
- river crab
- to censor; to screen; to block; to "harmonise"; literally "river crab", the pun on "harmonious" in Mandarin
- Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[he2 xie2], which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 源自「和諧」嘅普通話諧音,指審查、屏蔽
Examples
啲教科書疑似畀人河蟹咗。
The textbooks are suspected to be censored.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk