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Chinese
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to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out |
pigeon; dove
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| trad. (放鴿子)
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放
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鴿子
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| simp. (放鸽子)
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放
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鸽子
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| Literally: “to release a pigeon”.
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Pronunciation
Verb
放⫽鴿子 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- (colloquial, idiomatic) to stand someone up; to fail to show up
你竟敢放我鴿子！ [MSC, trad.]
你竟敢放我鸽子！ [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ jìng gǎn fàng wǒ gēzi!
- How dare you stand me up!
- (colloquial) to drive off passengers before arriving at the destination
- (colloquial) to abandon someone from a group activity
- (Wu) to speak idly; to go back on one's words
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
放鴿子 (“to stand someone up; to ditch someone”)
- (to fail to show up): (Taiwan) 黃牛／黄牛 (huángniú); (Internet slang) 鴿／鸽 (gē), 咕 (gū)