Chinese

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eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
snake; serpent
trad. (食蛇)
simp. #(食蛇)
Literally: “to eat snake”.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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食蛇

  1. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) to slack off; to play hooky; to take off from work

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Descendants

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  • English: chia chua, jiak zua (Singlish)
  • English: eat snake (calque) (Singlish)