乳鴿

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See also: 乳鸽

Chinese

breast; milk pigeon; dove
trad. (乳鴿) 鴿
simp. (乳鸽)
乳鴿
roasted squab

Etymology

(Hong Kong Cantonese) young Democrat
See 白鴿黨白鸽党.

Pronunciation


Noun

乳鴿

  1. squab (baby pigeon) (Classifier: m c)
    • 1952, 唐龍, directed by 潘炳權, 契爺艷史 [Foster-Daddy's Romantic Affairs]‎, spoken by 酒樓部長 (陳雲):
      乳鴿 [Cantonese, trad.]
      乳鸽 [Cantonese, simp.]
      dan6 jyu5 gaap3-2, gwaa3 lou4 daai6 aap3-2
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, politics, slang) young Democrat