lim kopi

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Min nan:

啉

poj:

lim

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咖啡

poj:

ko-pi

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definitions

verb

  1. to drink coffee

    2. The characters Ning creates are so interesting I want to lim kopi with them ...

    — 2021, Ning Cai (quoting Pamelo Ho). Metamorphosis: Book Three of The Savant Trilogy. Epigram Books. ISBN: 9789814845557

  2. (idiom) to gather for some social interaction or activity, usually but not necessarily over a cup of coffee

    3. synonyms:

    la kopi
  3. (idiom) to be questioned or interrogated by the police or other law enforcement bodies, especially for corruption, disrupting public order, taking part in illegal protests, etc.

    4. In the old days, it was not a good thing to be invited to the CPIB to lim kopi ...

    — 2022, Clement Liew. Scrupulous, Thorough, Fearless: The CPIB Story. World Scientific Publishing Company. ISBN: 9789811267253. p.433


related:

lim teh kopi makan teh kopi kakis kopi-O licence mata-mata mata la2 la teh la kopi

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