See also: 卖咸鸭蛋

Chinese

edit
sell salted egg; salted duck egg
trad. (賣鹹鴨蛋) 鹹鴨蛋
simp. (卖咸鸭蛋) 咸鸭蛋
Literally: “to sell salted duck eggs”.
 
Wikipedia has articles on:

Etymology

edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Influence of Hokkien phrase 去塗州剝鴨卵?”)

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

賣⫽鹹鴨蛋 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese, Singapore Mandarin, euphemistic) to have died; to have passed away

Synonyms

edit
  NODES
see 1