大閘蟹 (daai6 zaap6 haai5) — loser in financial/property market (see Note 2) in Cantonese

daaiˍ₆zaapˍ₆haaiˏ₅
大闸蟹
Mandarin Pinyin: da4 zha2 xie4

Meaning of 大閘蟹

nounloser in financial/property market (see Note 2)
nounmitten crab; Chinese hairy crab (see Note 1)
nounHairy crab; the Chinese mitten crab; to describe a situation where one has money tied up in shares that have made a big loss in the trading market

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