粵

充cung1大daai6班baan1

cung1 daai6 baan1chōng dà bān

English

  1. pretend that oneself is rich or powerful
  2. to pretend to be rich or powerful; also the match with 石狗公 sek6gau2gung1 rock fish to form a sandwich pun, based on its similarity with the more expensive 石斑 sek6baan1 garoupa fish, where 斑 puns with 班

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 扮到好似好有錢、好有權勢咁；亦係「石狗公」嘅歇後語，基於佢望落似價錢更加貴嘅石斑，再運用埋「斑」、「班」諧音

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

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