穿櫃桶底

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Chinese

to bore through; pierce; perforate
to bore through; pierce; perforate; penetrate; pass through; to dress; to wear; to put on; to thread
 
drawer
background; bottom; base
background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
 
trad. (穿櫃桶底) 穿 櫃桶
simp. (穿柜桶底) 穿 柜桶
Literally: “to poke a hole through the bottom of a drawer”.

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穿⫽櫃桶底 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese, idiomatic) to have one's hand in the cookie jar; to embezzle funds

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