粵

猴hau4子zi2偷tau1桃tou4

hau4 zi2 tau1 tou4hóu zi tōu táo

English

  1. "monkey steals the peach" (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other
  2. (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls
  3. analogy of sneak attacking of another's genital organ by palm, especially to grip a man's scrotum; literally, monkey steals peach

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 借指用手偷襲人哋下體,尤指摙男人陰囊

Examples

  • 佢慣咗打西拳,規例係唔准打下體,所以佢擋唔到嗰下猴子偷桃。

    He is used to playing western-style boxing, the rules said no attack on genital organs, that's why he couldn't handle that sneak attack on his scrotum.

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

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