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Change log entry 38110
Processed by: ycandau (2011-11-04 20:03:05 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 36955 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
Examples ~
1 别吊我的胃口了,告诉我考试及格没有。
2 我觉得电视连续剧并不怎么样,因为它们总是吊你的胃口。
3 他决不会跟她结婚,只不过吊吊她的胃口罢了。
4 而磁鐵隨機贈送,得拆開包裝才知道自己拿到了哪一款的「吊胃口」方式 ...

The current 吊胃口 def is from A via K (almost verbatim).
But A says "vulgar" rather than "slang".
Other dicts have no such qualification.

M @ 吊胃口 ~ 比喻故弄玄虛,使人急於探知。如:「你簡直存心吊我胃口!」
(They see no need to give the literal meaning "whet the appetite", and I suspect that 吊胃口
is rarely used literally anyway.)

M does not have 弔胃口, and our definition of 弔 suggests that 弔胃口 is wrong.
If you try searching for +"弔胃口", you only seem to get 吊胃口 examples!
Diff:
= 弔 吊 [diao4] /a string of 100 cash (arch.)/to lament/to condole with/
- 弔胃口 吊胃口 [diao4 wei4 kou3] /variant of 吊胃口[diao4 wei4 kou3]/
- 吊胃口 吊胃口 [diao4 wei4 kou3] /to tease (slang)/to flirt/to tantalize/to whet one's appetite/
# + 吊胃口 吊胃口 [diao4 wei4 kou3] /to keep sb in suspense/to titillate/
+ 吊胃口 吊胃口 [diao4 wei4 kou3] /(coll.) to keep sb in suspense/to tantalize/to keep on tenterhooks/
By MDBG 2024
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