老公撥扇——淒涼

Chinese

	husband; elderly person	to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move to push aside; to appropriate (money); to move; to set aside; group; batch; to poke; to stir	fan; to fan; (a measure word for doors, windows, etc.)		bleak; desolate; miserable bleak; desolate; miserable; forlorn
trad. (老公撥扇——淒涼)	老公	撥	扇	——	淒涼
simp. (老公拨扇——凄凉)	老公	拨	扇	——	凄凉
Literally: “the husband fans—the wife is cold”.

A pun on 淒涼／凄凉, which is homophonous to 妻涼/妻凉 (“the wife is cold”).

Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ gung¹ put³ sin³, cai¹ loeng⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ló-kûng phat san, chhî-liòng

(Meixian, Guangdong): lau³ gung¹ pad⁵ san⁴, qi¹ liong²

老公撥扇——淒涼

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