扯貓尾

Chinese
pull; tear; to talk casually cat tail
trad. (扯貓尾) 扯 貓 尾
simp. (扯猫尾) 扯 猫 尾
Literally: “to pull a cat's tail”.

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

扯⫽貓尾 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese) to collude with each other to cover up or deceive someone

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 唱雙簧 (“to collude with each other, often to cover up or deceive others”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 唱雙簧, 演雙簧
Mandarin Taiwan 唱雙簧
Chengdu 演雙簧
Cantonese Guangzhou 扯貓尾, 掹貓尾
Hong Kong 扯貓尾, 掹貓尾
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