呃鬼食豆腐

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Chinese

hiccough ghost; sly; crafty
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
 tofu; bean curd; any food with tofu-like physical quality
trad. (呃鬼食豆腐) 呃 鬼 食 豆腐
simp. #(呃鬼食豆腐) 呃 鬼 食 豆腐
Literally: “to trick ghosts to eat tofu”.

Etymology

豆腐 (dau6 fu6) is possibly altered from 道符 (dou6 fu4, “talisman papers”).

Pronunciation

Idiom

呃鬼食豆腐

  1. (Cantonese) to lure someone into a trap, to trick someone
  2. (Cantonese) pull the other one, it's got bells on (used to show disbelief in something)
    呢條友攞咗人哋嘅嘢又唔還，而家佢又話冇攞喎，呃鬼食豆腐咩！ [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢条友𫽋咗人哋嘅嘢又唔还，而家佢又话冇𫽋㖞，呃鬼食豆腐咩！ [Cantonese, simp.]
    ne1 tiu4 jau5 lo2 zo2 jan4 dei6 ge3 je5 jau6 m4 waan4, ji4 gaa1 keoi5 jau6 waa6 mou5 lo2 wo4, aak1 gwai2 sik6 dau6 fu6 me1!
    That guy never returns anything he borrows, but now he's saying that he never took that. Pull the other one!
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