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三saam1不bat1管gun2

saam1 bat1 gun2sān bù guǎn

English

  1. of undetermined status
  2. unregulated
  3. (of places or areas) uncontrolled and not falling under any jurisdiction; originally referring to 九龍寨城 gau2lung4zaai3sing4 "the Kowloon Walled City"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容一個地方冇受控制,尤其係冇受任何地方嘅司法管制;本身係描述以前嘅九龍寨城治權區域,英國政府唔管、香港政府唔管、中國政府(包括大清國、中華民國及中華人民共和國)唔管,三者都管唔到,實施唔到治權、司法權,就叫三不管。

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

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