粵

荷ho4蘭laan1水seoi2蓋goi3

simp荷兰水盖
ho4 laan1 seoi2 goi3Hé lán shuǐ gài

English

  1. (n.) a metal bottle soda cap (from the 60s); a humourous way to refer to a medal or an order of merit
  2. medals and decorations; literally: Holland water (soft drink bottle) cap

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 即係由政府頒發嘅勳章,因為勳章嘅形狀望落去好似荷蘭水樽蓋,所以就戲稱為荷蘭水蓋

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

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