Chinese

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box office poison; harsh medicine
trad. (票房毒藥) 票房 毒藥
simp. (票房毒药) 票房 毒药

Etymology

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Particularly: “Calque of English box-office poison?”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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票房毒藥

  1. actor or actress who causes movies in which they star in to flop