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三saam1六luk6

saam1 luk6sān liù

English

  1. dog (slang)
  2. euphemism of dog meat; literally "three six" as three plus six equals nine, and nine, 九 [gau2] is homophonous with dog 狗 [gau2]

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 狗肉嘅隱喻;三加六等於九,而「九」同「狗」發音一樣

Examples

  • 哈佛大學是在一六三六年創立的。

    Harvard University was founded in 1636.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 即《梅花三弄》,係江南絲竹八大曲之一

    'Plum-blossom in Three Movements'

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

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