點三八
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English
- A barrel diameter standard of 0.38 inches, the revolvers of this diameter are common used in Hong Kong Police Force, so this standard name also works as a figure of speech of "Police Revolver" in Hong Kong.
粵語 — Cantonese
- 一種0.38英吋嘅槍管口徑制式,香港警方多年來使用呢種口徑嘅左輪,因此亦常借代為「警用左輪」。
Examples
當年啲警察得支點三八都夠膽同省港旗兵駁火,幾勇呀。
In those days, the police only had .38 revolvers, but they still dared to fight with robbers from the Mainland. How brave.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk