地頭蛇 (dei6 tau4 se4) — someone who knows an area (or people fr… in Cantonese

deiˍ₆地tauˎ₄頭seˎ₄蛇

简地头蛇

Mandarin Pinyin: di4 tou2 she2

Meaning of 地頭蛇

nounsomeone who knows an area (or people from an area) particularly well

nouna locally influential gangster; a local bully / villain / tyrant

keoiˏ₅佢haiˊ²喺douˍ₆度zouˍ₆做deiˍ₆地tauˎ₄頭se4.蛇。

He acts like a local bully/big shot.

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