籮底橙

Chinese

basket
 
background; bottom; base
background; bottom; base; (possessive part.); (subor. part.)
orange tree; the colour orange; orange
trad. (籮底橙)
simp. (箩底橙)
Literally: “oranges at the bottom of the basket”.

Pronunciation


Noun

籮底橙

  1. (Cantonese) leftover or substandard goods
  2. (Cantonese, figuratively) "leftover woman"; old spinster; old unmarried woman

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