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Chinese
Etymology
There are two theories for the soccer slang:
- From figurative sense, due to resemblance of the vegetable to human thighs.
- Phono-semantic matching of English charley horse. However, "charley horse" actually means "muscle cramp in legs" and does not correspond exactly to the sense in Cantonese.
Pronunciation
Verb
炒⫽芥蘭 (verb-object)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 炒 (caau2), 芥蘭 / 芥兰 (gaai3 laan4-2).
- (Cantonese, soccer) to have one's thigh kicked and hurt