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餓死老婆瘟臭屋 (ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 wan1 cau3 uk1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

餓死老婆瘟臭屋 (ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 wan1 cau3 uk1, e4si3 lao3po5 wēn chòu wū) — to be unable to earn enough money to feed one's wife [colloquial]

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Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 餓死老婆燻臭屋 (ngo6 sei2 lou5 po4 fan1 cau3 uk1) — a man who isn't capable of raising his families
• 餓狗搶屎 (ngo6 gau2 coeng2 si2) — people scrambling for things (slang)
• 餓狼 (ngo6 long4) — literally: 'a hungry wolf', describes someone who is rapacious; avaricious
• 餓過飢 (ngo6 gwo3 gei1) — too hungry
• 餓 (ngo6) — hunger; to be hungry; to be greedy for
• 餓鬼投胎 (ngo6 gwai2 tau4 toi1) — eating with no manners, large mouthfuls and too quickly (slang)

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