獨頭
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English
- the last piece of object; a person alone; some says if one eat the last piece (e.g. the last cigarette in the pack), will bring bad luck. Literally: single head
粵語 — Cantonese
- 最後一件物件;單獨一個人;有説「食獨頭」(例如食煙食埋最後一支)會帶來惡運。
Examples
獨頭煙
the last cigarette
獨頭公
a lonely old man
獨頭無兄弟
to have the last piece (of cigarette) will make you no bros
食獨頭死老豆
to have the last piece (of cigarette) will bring your dad to die
廣東佬唔食獨頭物
Cantonese man would not eat the last piece
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk