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Chinese
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horse; surname
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to kill; to murder; to slaughter
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fowl; chicken
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trad. (馬殺雞/馬殺鷄)
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馬
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殺
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雞/鷄
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simp. (马杀鸡)
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马
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杀
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鸡
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Literally: “a horse kills/slaughters a chicken”.
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Etymology
Phono-semantic matching of English massage, via Japanese マッサージ (massāji).
Pronunciation
Noun
馬殺雞
- (humorous) massage
Verb
馬殺雞
- (humorous) to massage
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
按摩 (“to massage”)