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Chinese
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female pig; sow
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to meet; to gather; group to meet; to gather; group; to assemble; association; be able to; be likely to; to balance an account; accounting |
up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up |
tree
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| trad. (豬乸會上樹)
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豬乸
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會
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上
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樹
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| simp. (猪乸会上树)
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猪乸
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会
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上
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树
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| Literally: “a sow can climb up a tree”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
豬乸會上樹
- (Cantonese) Used to satirize a situation which one thinks that there is no chance of ever occurring: pigs might fly
男人靠得住，豬乸會上樹！ [Cantonese, trad.]
男人靠得住，猪乸会上树！ [Cantonese, simp.]- naam4 jan4-2 kaau3 dak1 zyu6, zyu1 naa2 wui5 soeng5 syu6!
- If men are reliable, pigs might fly!
Usage notes
Usually used as a part of the rhyming idiom ……靠得住，豬乸會上樹／……靠得住，猪乸会上树 (kaau3 dak1 zyu6, zyu1 naa2 wui5 soeng5 syu6).