走鬼

Chinese

FWOTD – 2 May 2017
 
to walk; to go; to move; to leave
ghost; sly; crafty
simp. and trad.
(走鬼)

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走鬼

  1. (chiefly Cantonese, of an illegal hawker) to abandon one's roadside stall and flee when hawker control teams are imminent
    走鬼魁斗人情 [Cantonese, trad.]
    走鬼魁斗人情 [Cantonese, simp.]
    From: 2016, So Man Hing (蘇萬興), 《講開有段古:老餅潮語III》, Chung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited
    Zau2 gwai2 aa3, faai3 di1 zau2 laa3, go3 fui1 dau2 mou5 jan4 cing4 gong2 gaa3! [Jyutping]
    Run! Run quickly! Those gweilo won't be so kind!
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