食皇家飯

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Chinese

eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
royal family; imperial household; imperial court
food; cuisine; cooked rice
food; cuisine; cooked rice; meal
 
trad. (食皇家飯) 皇家
simp. (食皇家饭) 皇家

Etymology

Originally Hong Kong Cantonese. From the fact that the meals in the prisons of Hong Kong were provided by the Hong Kong government, which was under the British government during colonial period.

Pronunciation


Verb

食⫽皇家飯 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese, slang, idiomatic) to live at Her Majesty's pleasure; to be imprisoned

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