食花生
Chinese
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed | |||
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trad. (食花生) | 食 | 花生 | |
simp. #(食花生) | 食 | 花生 |
Etymology
From an advertisement of Planters, with the slogan 食住花生等睇戲 (sik6 zyu6 faa1 sang1 dang2 tai2 hei3, “Let's have some peanuts while watching movies”).
Pronunciation
Verb
食⫽花生 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese, slang) to watch the excitement; to go where the crowds are
Synonyms
- 看熱鬧/看热闹 (kàn rènao)
- 吃瓜 (chīguā)