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槓頭

简杠头 · 繁槓頭

Mandarin · pinyin gàng tóu

(old) chief coffin bearer
(fig.) argumentative person
a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin 槓子 gàng zi

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頭: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss
杠: gàng · lever, pole, crowbar; sharpen
头: tóu · head; top; chief, first; boss

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4–2 · gang4 tou2

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gong3 tau4

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noun

(dated) head pallbearer
(figurative, colloquial) someone who loves to argue for the sake of arguing; argumentative person

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