讀勝
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English
- to read a book
- to study, euphemism used by gamblers to replace 讀書 since書 (book) is homonymous with the word輸 (lose), which is unlucky for gamblers [colloquial]
- (literally: to read win) to read books; to study （a euphemism used by gamblers because 書 syū "book" is homonymous with 輸 syū "lose"）.
粵語 — Cantonese
- 即讀書。廣東話中「書」「輸」同音，賭仔為咗避諱而改稱做讀勝
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk