老貓燒鬚
Chinese
old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix) |
cat | to burn; to cook; to stew to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; fever |
beard; moustache | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老貓燒鬚) | 老 | 貓 | 燒 | 鬚 | |
| simp. (老猫烧须) | 老 | 猫 | 烧 | 须 | |
| Literally: “an old cat get its whiskers burnt”. | |||||
Pronunciation
Idiom
老貓燒鬚
- (Cantonese) an experienced person making mistakes or failing at something that should be familiar
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