冇牙佬飲湯——無齒下流

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Chinese

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not have (dialectal) tooth; ivory man; guy to eat soup; to have some soup not have tooth
trad. (冇牙佬飲湯——無齒下流) 飲湯 —— 下流
simp. (冇牙佬饮汤——无齿下流) 饮汤 —— 齿 下流
Literally: “a toothless man drinks soup–no teeth [so the soup] flows down”.

Etymology

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下流/齿下流 (“no teeth [so the soup] flows down”) is homophonous to 無恥下流/无耻下流 (“to be shameless and vulgar”).

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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冇牙佬飲湯——無齒下流

  1. (Cantonese) to be vulgar and know no shame