鬼食泥

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Chinese

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ghost; sly; crafty
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
 
restrained; mud; paste
restrained; mud; paste; pulp
 
trad. (鬼食泥)
simp. #(鬼食泥)
Literally:ghost eating mud”.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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鬼食泥

  1. (Cantonese) to have slurred speech; to be unable to speak clearly
    講嘢鬼食泥 [Cantonese, trad.]
    讲嘢鬼食泥 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 gong2 je5 gwai2 sik6 nai4 gam2. [Jyutping]
    His speech is slurred.

Synonyms

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