乾塘

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Chinese

dry; to dry up pond
trad. (乾塘) 乾 塘
simp. (干塘) 干 塘

Pronunciation

Verb

乾⫽塘 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese, dialectal Gan, dialectal Hakka) to dry up a pond
  2. (Cantonese, figurative) to be broke; to be penniless
    庫房近乎乾塘。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    库房近乎干塘。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    fu3 fong4 gan6 fu4 gon1 tong4.
    The treasury almost dries up.
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