馬殺雞

See also: 马杀鸡

Chinese

FWOTD – 26 February 2015
horse; surname to kill; to murder; to slaughter fowl; chicken
trad. (馬殺雞/馬殺鷄) 馬 殺 雞/鷄
simp. (马杀鸡) 马 杀 鸡
Literally: “a horse kills/slaughters a chicken”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English massage, via Japanese マッサージ (massāji).

Pronunciation


Noun

馬殺雞

  1. (humorous) massage
    李梨笑著對張藍說:「藍,你不是頭痛嘛,要不要做個馬殺雞呢?」 [MSC, trad.]
    李梨笑着对张蓝说:“蓝,你不是头痛嘛,要不要做个马杀鸡呢?” [MSC, simp.]
    From: 2013, 李西闽, 李西闽经典小说:黑灵之舞
    Lǐ Lí xiào zhe duì Zhāng Lán shuō: “Lán, nǐ bù shì tóutòng ma, yào bù yào zuò ge mǎshājī ne?” [Pinyin]
    Li Li told Zhang Lan with a smile: "Lan, you have a headache, don't you, shall I massage you?"

Verb

馬殺雞

  1. (humorous) to massage

Synonyms

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