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大笨象

Mandarin · pinyin dà bèn xiàng

(slang) elephant

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大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
笨: bèn · foolish, stupid, dull; awkward
象: xiàng · elephant; ivory; figure, image

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4–4–4 · da4 ben4 xiang4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 ban6 zoeng6

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noun

(Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) elephant (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

name

(Hong Kong Cantonese, finance, figurative, nickname) HSBC Holdings

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