makan ular

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makan

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ular

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Min nan:

食蛇

poj:

chia̍h-chôa

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definitions

verb

  1. to slack off; to skive; to take time off work; to play truant

    2. The new intern didn't last long after being caught trying to makan ular several times.


related:

makan snake snake king2 siam ular siam one corner pon ponteng

references:

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languagecouncils.sg. 吃蛇; skiving off (colloquially known as jiak tsua)