讀贏
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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]
- refers to 讀書; literally: to read win; a euphemism used by gamblers because 書 "book" is homonymous with 輸 "lose"
粵語 — Cantonese
- 即係讀書；由於「書」同「輸」同音，所以有啲人為免唔吉利而將「書」改做「贏」
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk