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Change log entry 79562
Processed by: richwarm (2023-09-19 20:30:27 UTC)
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黄牛
huángniú

❶ 牛的一种,角短,皮毛黄褐色或黑色,也有杂色的,毛短。用来耕地或拉车。
❷ 〈方〉指仗恃力气或利用不正当手法抢购物资以及车票、门票等,然后高价出售而从中取利的人:~党。

(dialect) to fail to show up
(dialect) to break a promise

“黄牛”一词还有另一种意义,那就是称人爽约也用“黄牛”。例如,当我们约了某人见面,而对方却未按时赴约,这时即可说“他黄牛了”。这种意义的“黄牛”,乃是上海话的用法,据《汉语方言大词典》称:当人的“责任心差而不履行承诺”,皆可说是“黄牛”。

事实上,这两个用法我从未在生活中、电视/网上听过。中国方言正快速消亡。
Diff:
- 黃牛 黄牛 [huang2 niu2] /ox/cattle/scalper of tickets etc/to fail to show up/to break a promise/
+ 黃牛 黄牛 [huang2 niu2] /ox; cattle/scalper of tickets etc/(dialect) to fail to show up/(dialect) to break a promise/
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