倒屎咁早
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Chinese[edit]
upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt |
stool; faeces | (Cantonese) so | early; morning | ||
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trad. (倒屎咁早) | 倒 | 屎 | 咁 | 早 | |
simp. #(倒屎咁早) | 倒 | 屎 | 咁 | 早 | |
Literally: “as early as time for pouring away faeces”. |
Etymology[edit]
At early times when flushing systems were still not available, faeces were collected by cleaners before usual time for people to wake up.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
倒屎咁早
Synonyms[edit]
- 倒塔咁早 (dou2 taap3 gam3 zou2)