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河ho4蟹haai5

ho4 haai5hé xiè

English

  1. river crab
  2. to censor; to screen; to block; to "harmonise"; literally "river crab", the pun on "harmonious" in Mandarin
  3. Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[he2 xie2], which is blocked by the great firewall of China)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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