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en lit. fishmonger washes his body; fig.; first part of two-part allegorical exp. for which the second part is 冇晒聲氣 mou5 saai3 seng1 hei3 'to have absolutely no (good) news at all' or 冇聲氣 mou5 seng1 hei3 'to have no (good) news' (more com.); a fishmonger washes his body to remove 腥 seng1 'smell of fish' which is homophonous with (and so puns with) 聲 seng1 'sound', and so 冇腥 mou5 seng1 'removal of fish smell' puns with 冇聲 mou5 seng1 'no sound', i.e. no good news; either the first or second part can be said independently without the other part; first part a.s.a. 賣魚佬沖涼 maai6 jyu4 lou2 cung1 loeng4 'fishmonger takes a bath'; second part is a.w.a. 冇哂聲氣 mou5 saai3 seng1 hei3 | en lit. fishmonger washes his body; fig.; first part of two-part allegorical exp. for which the second part is 冇晒聲氣 mou5 saai3 seng1 hei3 'to have absolutely no (good) news at all' or 冇聲氣 mou5 seng1 hei3 'to have no (good) news' (more com.); a fishmonger washes his body to remove 腥 seng1 'smell of fish' which is homophonous with (and so puns with) 聲 seng1 'sound', and so 冇腥 mou5 seng1 'removal of fish smell' puns with 冇聲 mou5 seng1 'no sound', i.e. no good news; either the first or second part can be said independently without the other part; first part a.s.a. 賣魚佬沖涼 maai6 jyu4 lou2 cung1 loeng4 'fishmonger takes a bath'; second part is a.w.a. 冇哂聲氣 mou5 saai3 seng1 hei3 | ||
| − | seealso 佬 lou2, 賣魚佬 maai6 | + | seealso 佬 lou2, 賣魚佬 maai6 jyu4 lou2, 冇聲氣 mou5 seng1 hei3 |
df r.t. a matter that makes no further progress, sth. that is hopeless or is never heard from again; no hope or sign of success for sth.; no news about sth. | df r.t. a matter that makes no further progress, sth. that is hopeless or is never heard from again; no hope or sign of success for sth.; no news about sth. | ||
ex ngo5 san1 cing2 ji4 man4 go2 gin6 si6 zing3 jat1 maai6 jyu4 lou2 sai2 san1, mou5 saai3 seng1 hei3 | ex ngo5 san1 cing2 ji4 man4 go2 gin6 si6 zing3 jat1 maai6 jyu4 lou2 sai2 san1, mou5 saai3 seng1 hei3 | ||
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