食花生

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Chinese

eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
peanut
trad. (食花生) 花生
simp. #(食花生) 花生

Etymology

From an advertisement of Planters, with the slogan 花生睇戲 (sik6 zyu6 faa1 sang1 dang2 tai2 hei3, “Let's have some peanuts while watching movies”).

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Verb

食⫽花生 (verb-object)

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) to watch the excitement; to go where the crowds are

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