Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySynonym of chao keng (“to malinger, to shirk military duties by reporting sick”).
Clipping of chao keng, from Teochew 臭 (cao³, “dirty, ill-reputed”) + 經 /经 (gêng¹, “to evade; to pass the buck”).
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- Borrowed-form mention臭nan-tws
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