四七
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English
- a genre of satirical poems composed of four rhyming lines of seven syllables each, found primarily in orientation camps in the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a means to mock others; literally: "four seven"
粵語 — Cantonese
- 一種唔理平仄,每句七隻字嘅四句打油詩;常見於香港中文大學迎新營中,用嚟笑其他人或者團體(量詞:首)
Examples
佢半個鐘就作咗五首四七片人。
It only took him half an hour to come up with five satirical poems to mock his opponents.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk