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定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe a situation where there is a scene or fight going on between people, and you are just excited to watch what will happen as a bystander. '食住花生等睇戲' can be shortened to '食花生' sometimes.
用法: E.g. I have never seen people argue like this over Whatsapp! Let's eat peanuts while waiting to watch a film!同義詞: 食住花生等睇戲參考: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms
定義: An Englishised Cantonese phrase that real ABC Hong Kongers use to refer to going to a traditional Chinese restaurant for dim sum. (飲茶)
用法: E.g. Let's go to yum cha this weekend!同義詞: 飲茶
定義: A code-mixing term used by the upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the espresso-based coffee made with steamed milk because the Cantonese equivalent '意大利泡沫咖啡' is too sophisticated to say.
用法: E.g. A：我平時最鍾意飲意大利泡沫咖啡。香港人：你指cappucino?同義詞: 意大利泡沫咖啡
定義: (noun) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers say in order to avoid bad luck, which is similar to '大吉利是' in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. Touchwood講句，如果件貨聽日唔準時到，請問要等到幾時呢？參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/733616/page/1
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that refers to something that is so funny that one can die from having too much laughter.
用法: E.g. Laugh die me喇！真係好搞笑呀。（笑死我）同義詞: 笑死我參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
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