打爛砂盆問到篤

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Chinese

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to hit hard; to smack; to break
to hit hard; to smack; to break; to smash
 
to ask
to (a place); until (a time); up to
to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive
 
serious (illness); sincere; true
trad. (打爛砂盆問到篤) 打爛 砂盆
simp. (打烂砂盆问到笃) 打烂 砂盆
alternative forms 打爛沙盆問到篤打烂沙盆问到笃
打爛砂盆璺到䐁打烂砂盆璺到䐁
打爛沙盆璺到㞘打烂沙盆璺到㞘
打爛砂盆璺到㞘打烂砂盆璺到㞘
Literally: “to break a claypot and ask (crack) to the bottom”.

Etymology

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A pun based on the homophony of (man6, “crack”) and (man6, “to ask”).

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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打爛砂盆問到篤

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka) to keep asking questions to get to the bottom of something

Synonyms

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