日本郵船——遲早完

Chinese

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Japan mailboat; packet boat sooner or later; in time
to finish; to be over; whole
to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
 
trad. (日本郵船——遲早完) 日本 郵船 —— 遲早
simp. (日本邮船——迟早完) 日本 邮船 —— 迟早
Literally: “Japanese cruise - will end sooner or later”.

Etymology

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The second part of this xiehouyu is a fictional Japanese ship named (ci4 zou2 jyun2, Ikehaya Maru), which is a near-honophonic pun on 遲早迟早 (ci4 zou2 jyun4), due to the tendency of Japanese ships to be named with the kanji (まる) (maru).

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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日本郵船——遲早完

  1. (Cantonese) will be done for very soon; will meet someone's end sooner or later