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篤背脊 (duk1 bui3 zek3) — stab sb in the back; rat/tattle/snitch on sb; betray in Cantonese

dukˉ¹篤bui˗₃背zek˗₃脊
简 笃背脊
Mandarin Pinyin: du3 bei4 ji3

Meaning of 篤背脊

nounstab sb in the back; rat/tattle/snitch on sb; betray
nounbackstabbing

Characters in 篤背脊

篤duk1
to poke; to prod; to stab | Variously written as 篤, 督, or 擉 because there is no real consensus as to the 'proper' character for this Cantonese meaning | 漢: 戳; 刺
背bui3
back on(to); with the back towards | ant. 向
脊zek3
ridge; roof

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