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Hong Kong Code-mixing Dictionary

A contemporary Cantonese-English dictionary


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annual leave

Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a type of leave that is often taken for the sake of avoiding work.

Usage: E.g. Annual leave 意思: 我咁難得放假,希望你地唔好搵我。(The meaning of annual leave is that if I can hardly have a holiday, I hope that you will not find me.)

Synonym: 年假

Reference: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdED72bCcze/?img_index=2&stkn=MjRibnk3MnBmYjFl (use mobile version)

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