食死貓

食死貓

See also: 食死猫

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid	cat
trad. (食死貓)		食	死	貓
simp. (食死猫)		食	死	猫
Literally: “to eat a dead cat”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ sei² maau¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ sei² maau¹
    • Yale: sihk séi māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ sei² maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ séi² mao¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² sei̯³⁵ mäːu̯⁵⁵/

Verb

食死貓

1. (Cantonese) to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed

Synonyms

• 孭鑊／孭镬 (me1 wok6)
• (Mandarin) 背黑鍋／背黑锅 (bēi hēiguō)