大閘蟹 (daai6 zaap6 haai5) — loser in financial/property market (see Note 2) in Cantonese
daaiˍ₆大zaapˍ₆閘haaiˏ₅蟹简 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