飲咖啡

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Chinese

drink coffee
trad. (飲咖啡) 咖啡
simp. (饮咖啡) 咖啡
Literally: “to drink coffee”.

Etymology

When a suspect is interrogated by ICAC, the staff would usually provide them with a cup of coffee of ask them if they would like a cup of coffee.

Pronunciation


Verb

飲⫽咖啡 (verb-object)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ,‎ 咖啡.
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) to be interrogated by the ICAC

See also

  • 喝茶 (hēchá, “to be taken in for questioning by the police”) (similar euphemism in Mandarin)