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暴發戶

简 暴发户 · 繁 暴發戶
Mandarin · pinyin bào fā hù

Meanings

  1. newly rich
  2. parvenu
  3. upstart
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Characters in this entry

暴
bào · violent, brutal, tyrannical
發
fā · issue, dispatch, send out, emit
戶
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发
fā · issue, dispatch, send out; hair
户
hù · door; family
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4–1–4 · bao4 fa1 hu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bou6 faat3 wu6

Cantonese word readings for 暴發戶. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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bou6 faat3 wu6

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noun

  1. parvenu; nouveau riche; new money

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