小狗懶擦鞋

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See also: 小狗懒擦鞋

Chinese

puppy lazy
to polish shoes; to fawn; to brownnose
to polish shoes; to fawn; to brownnose; to bootlick
 
trad. (小狗懶擦鞋) 小狗 懶 擦鞋
simp. (小狗懒擦鞋) 小狗 懒 擦鞋
Literally: “The puppy is lazy to wipe its shoes.”

Etymology

Coined by Jimmy Pang Chi-ming as the title of his book about Cantonese profanities.

Pronunciation

Phrase

小狗懶擦鞋

  1. (Cantonese) A phrase containing words with similar sounds to the five profanities in Cantonese: 屌 (diu2), 㞗 (gau1), 撚 (lan2), 𨳍 (cat6), 閪／𲈹 (hai1).
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