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定義: Originated from the word 'start', this is a code-mixing term used by the Hong Kong government to refer to the starting point of a running track.
用法: E.g. 再有政府設施串錯英文。「起點」英文串法由正確的「Start」變為「Strat」。(There is an English word mispelled in a government facility again. The word "Start" became "Strat".)同義詞: 起點, start參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWMLrukj_sZ/?igsh=d2NkZXFvN3AycjZt (使用手機版本)
定義: A way to avoid losing face or embarassment when you do not know how to answer the boss's question. However, it can be considered unprofessional if used too much at a workplace.
用法: E.g. 你：我搵過好多次，但係somehow條數搵唔到。老細:哦，係呀？（你：我搵過好多次，但係唔知點解條數搵唔到。老細:咁實有原因架喎？）
E.g. 你：個printer somehow壞左呀。老細:哦。（你：個printer唔知點解壞左呀。老細:我唔想聽到唔知點解！）同義詞: 唔知點解
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who is useless and is a waste of money to raise him or her up. (食濕米 or 食塞米)
用法: E.g. You cannot get anything done at all today? Do you eat wet rice? (你係咪食塞米?)同義詞: 食濕米, 食塞米參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/%E9%A3%9F%E5%A1%9E%E7%B1%B3
定義: Derived from the idiom '傾國傾城', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used to describe women that are so devastatingly beautiful that they can make a country or city fall.
用法: E.g. The girls in this club are so fall country fall city!同義詞: 傾國傾城
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