杠龟
gàng guī
Pinyin

Definition

杠龟
 - 
gàng guī
  1. (Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling)
  2. to meet with failure
  3. (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [kòng-ku])

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

海龟
hǎi guī
  1. 1 turtle
  2. 2 Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hǎi guī]
乌龟
wū guī
  1. 1 tortoise
  2. 2 cuckold
保险杠
bǎo xiǎn gàng
  1. 1 car bumper
单杠
dān gàng
  1. 1 bar
  2. 2 bold line
  3. 3 horizontal bar (gymnastics event)
抬杠
tái gàng
  1. 1 to bicker
  2. 2 to argue for the sake of arguing
  3. 3 to carry on poles (together with sb else)
  4. 4 to carry a coffin on poles
杠
gàng
  1. 1 thick pole
  2. 2 bar
  3. 3 rod
  4. 4 thick line
  5. 5 to mark with a thick line
  6. 6 to sharpen (knife)
  7. 7 (old) coffin-bearing pole
杠上
gàng shàng
  1. 1 to get into a dispute with
杠子
gàng zi
  1. 1 thick bar
  2. 2 solid carrying pole
杠杆
gàng gǎn
  1. 1 lever
  2. 2 pry bar
  3. 3 crowbar
  4. 4 financial leverage
杠铃
gàng líng
  1. 1 barbell
杠头
gàng tóu
  1. 1 argumentative man
  2. 2 chief coffin-bearer (arch.)
金龟
jīn guī
  1. 1 tortoise
  2. 2 scarab beetle
金龟婿
jīn guī xù
  1. 1 wealthy son-in-law
  2. 2 wealthy husband
金龟子
jīn guī zǐ
  1. 1 scarab (Scarabeus sacer)
  2. 2 beetle
龟
guī
  1. 1 tortoise
  2. 2 turtle
龟儿子
guī ér zi
  1. 1 (coll.) bastard
  2. 2 son of a bitch
龟孙子
guī sūn zi
  1. 1 (coll.) son of a bitch
  2. 2 bastard
龟山
Guī shān
  1. 1 Guishan or Kueishan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Táo yuán xiàn], north Taiwan
龟壳
guī ké
  1. 1 tortoise shell
龟毛
guī máo
  1. 1 (Tw) (coll.) indecisive
  2. 2 fussy
  3. 3 nitpicking
  4. 4 (Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ku-moo])

Idioms (2)

老鼠拉龟，无从下手
lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu
  1. 1 like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
  2. 2 no clue where to start
龟笑鳖无尾
guī xiào biē wú wěi
  1. 1 lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the pot calling the kettle black

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