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竹篙 (zuk1 gou1) — a pole in Cantonese

zukˉ¹竹gouˉ¹篙
Mandarin Pinyin: zhu2 gao1

Meaning of 竹篙

nouna pole
nouna bamboo pole

Characters in 竹篙

竹zuk1
Kangxi radical 118
篙gou1
boat-pole; long pole used for punting a boat

Words Containing 竹篙

一竹篙打一船人jat1 zuk1 gou1 daa2 jat1 syun4 jan4
a pole hits a boat of people, which means one holds onto someone's wrong and thinks the rest of others are the same
一竹篙揇沉一船人jat1 zuk1 gou1 naam5 cam4 jat1 syun4 jan4
Tar with the same bush, meaning to believe wrongly that someone or something has the same bad qualities as someone or something that is similar
一竹篙打死一船人jat1 zuk1 gou1 daa2 sei2 jat1 syun4 jan4
blanket condemnation of a group for one person's mistake
一竹篙打沉一船人jat1 zuk1 gou1 daa2 cam4 jat1 syun4 jan4
someone who generalises someone, "to tar everyone with the same brush"

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