水桶

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Chinese

water; river
pail; bucket; bin
pail; bucket; bin; barrel
 
simp. and trad.
(水桶)
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Etymology

“to ban someone from posting”
From the sense “go to have a bath in the bucket and calm down yourself”.

Pronunciation


Noun

水桶

  1. (literally) bucket (container used to hold and carry liquids)
  2. (figuratively) big waist

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Verb

水桶

  1. (Taiwan, Internet slang) to ban someone from posting on an Internet forum

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 , editor (2021), “水桶”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 602.