電燈柱掛老鼠箱

Chinese

		lamppost; utility pole	to hang; to put up; to suspend	mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person	box; trunk; chest
trad. (電燈柱掛老鼠箱)		電燈柱	掛	老鼠	箱
simp. (电灯柱挂老鼠箱)		电灯柱	挂	老鼠	箱
Literally: “a rat bin hanging on a lamppost”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din⁶ dang¹ cyu⁵ gwaa³ lou⁵ syu² soeng¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din⁶ dang¹ cyu⁵ gwaa³ lou⁵ syu² soeng¹
    • Yale: dihn dāng chyúh gwa lóuh syú sēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din⁶ dang¹ tsy⁵ gwaa³ lou⁵ sy² soeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: din⁶ deng¹ qu⁵ gua³ lou⁵ xu² sêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn²² tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyː¹³ kʷaː³³ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

電燈柱掛老鼠箱

1. (Cantonese, figurative, of a couple) with significant height difference