食夾棍

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Chinese

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eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
torture instrument made of two wooden rods
trad. (食夾棍) 夾棍
simp. (食夹棍) 夹棍

Pronunciation

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Verb

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食⫽夾棍 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese) to be tortured by a jiagun (ankle pressing torture device)
  2. (Cantonese, gambling) to have the banker win when the banker and the player have equal amount of points
  3. (Cantonese, of an intermediary) to obtain profits from a deal without both parties knowing