| guandao | language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle |
(once) again; also; both... and... (once) again; also; both... and...; again |
hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to |
martial; military | (once) again; also; both... and... (once) again; also; both... and...; again |
hold in mouth; bite; (Cant.) no/not | get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to | |||||
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| trad. (屎坑關刀——文又唔得，武又唔得) | 屎坑 | 關刀 | —— | 文 | 又 | 唔 | 得 | ， | 武 | 又 | 唔 | 得 | |
| simp. (屎坑关刀——文又唔得，武又唔得) | 屎坑 | 关刀 | —— | 文 | 又 | 唔 | 得 | ， | 武 | 又 | 唔 | 得 | |
| Literally: “Guan Yu's blade in a latrine - not good at both literature and martial arts”. | |||||||||||||
A pun based on the homophony of 文 (man4, “literary”) and 聞／闻 (man4, “to smell”), and the homophony of 武 (mou5, “martial arts”) and 舞 (mou5, “to dance”).
屎坑關刀——文又唔得，武又唔得