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飯桶

简饭桶 · 繁飯桶

Mandarin · pinyin fàn tǒng

rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served)
(fig.) fathead
a good-for-nothing

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飯: fàn · cooked rice; food; meal
桶: tǒng · pail, bucket, tub; cask, keg
饭: fàn · cooked rice; food, meal

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4–3 · fan4 tong3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

faan6 tung2

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noun

container used for storing cooked rice
(figurative) glutton; gormandizer
(figurative, derogatory) useless individual; imbecile (mocking someone for being able to do nothing except eating)

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