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四sei3七cat1

sei3 cat1sì qīinferred

English

  1. 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

  1. 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

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