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Pronunciation[edit]
乾⫽塘 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese, dialectal Gan, dialectal Hakka) to dry up a pond
- (Cantonese, figurative) to be broke; to be penniless
庫房近乎乾塘。 [Cantonese, trad.]
库房近乎干塘。 [Cantonese, simp.]- fu3 fong4 gan6 fu4 gon1 tong4. [Jyutping]
- The treasury almost dries up.
Related terms[edit]
- 見底/见底 (jiàndǐ, “to reach the bottom”)