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藍燈籠 (laam4 dang1 lung4) — a police vehicle; someone who has not been formally accepted into a triad gang but who has a protector in the triad gang [colloquial] in Cantonese

laamˎ₄藍dangˉ¹燈lungˎ₄籠
简 蓝灯笼
Mandarin Pinyin: lan2 deng1long5

Meaning of 藍燈籠

nouna police vehicle; someone who has not been formally accepted into a triad gang but who has a protector in the triad gang [colloquial]

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Example Sentences with 藍燈籠

matˉ¹乜neiˏ₅你gam˗₃咁ciˏ₅似laamˎ₄藍dangˉ¹燈lung4?籠？
Why do you look so furious?
keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日hakˉ¹黑hauˊ²口hakˉ¹黑min6,面，houˊ²好ciˏ₅似laamˎ₄藍dangˉ¹燈lung4.籠。
He's always frowning, like a blue lantern.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好baaiˊ²擺ceotˉ¹出laamˎ₄藍dangˉ¹燈lungˎ₄籠go˗₃個joeng6.樣。
Don't put on that angry face.
keoiˏ₅佢gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日mˎ₄唔haiˍ₆係houˊ²好hoiˉ¹開sam1,心，faai˗₃塊minˍ₆面houˊ²好ciˏ₅似laamˎ₄藍dangˉ¹燈lung4.籠。
He's not happy today, his face is like a blue lantern.
keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好ciˏ₅似laamˎ₄藍dangˉ¹燈lung4.籠。
He looks so angry.
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Characters in 藍燈籠

藍laam4
a Chinese surname
燈dang1
tube; valve
籠lung4
cage; coop; cage-like container

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