餓狗搶屎
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Chinese[edit]
to be hungry; hungry | dog | fight over; to rush; to scramble fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch; against wind |
stool; faeces | ||
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trad. (餓狗搶屎) | 餓 | 狗 | 搶 | 屎 | |
simp. (饿狗抢屎) | 饿 | 狗 | 抢 | 屎 | |
Literally: “a hungry dog snatches up shit/hungry dogs fighting for shit”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
餓狗搶屎
- (Cantonese, derogatory) the manner of a person gobbling
- (Cantonese, derogatory) the manner of people scrambling madly for something, even that not worth taking