等候英女皇發落
Chinese
to wait for; to await | the British Queen | to handle; to deal with | ||
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trad. (等候英女皇發落) | 等候 | 英女皇 | 發落 | |
simp. (等候英女皇发落) | 等候 | 英女皇 | 发落 | |
alternative forms | 等候女皇發落/等候女皇发落 | |||
Literally: “To be dealt by the British Queen”. |
Pronunciation
Phrase
等候英女皇發落
- (Hong Kong, historical) at Her Majesty's pleasure (indefinite imprisonment)
Usage notes
Term changed to 等候行政長官的酌情決定/等候行政长官的酌情决定 (“at the Chief Executive's discretion”) after handover until the mechanism was quashed by the High Court for being inconsistent with the Hong Kong Basic Law (Yau Kwong Man v Secretary for Security [2002] 3 HKC 457).