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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

城巴佬chéng ba lǎo

(slang) (jocular) "city bumpkin", city person lacking basic rural or natural-world knowledge (play on 鄉巴佬|乡巴佬[xiāng ba lǎo])

大佬dà lǎo

big shot (leading some field or group) / godfather (in an organization)

金鱼佬jīn yú lǎo

pedophile (slang, referring to the case of a Hong Kong child abductor who lured girls with the prospect of seeing "goldfish" in his apartment)

Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27