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Chinese
Pronunciation
Verb
剝⫽花生 (verb-object)
- (literally) to shell peanuts, to scale peanuts
- (Cantonese, idiomatic) to sit aside and shell peanuts while the pair attending matchmaking talk to each other (usually as a younger sibling of the female side dispatched by parents); to be the third wheel; to act as the relaxed observer
- (Cantonese, neologism) to watch the excitement; to go where the crowds are
- Synonym: 食花生
剝花生等睇戲 [Cantonese, trad.]
剥花生等睇戏 [Cantonese, simp.]- mok1 faa1 sang1 dang2 tai2 hei3
- to shell peanuts and wait for the show to play
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