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    编辑拼音edit jyutping

    同‘捱夹棍。指从中捞得好处。该词原为赌场术语,即当庄家的牌和闲家的牌点数相同时, 庄家的牌便吃闲家的牌,亦即庄家赢,此例源于牌九。“夹棍”是古代刑具, 把竹枝棍夹着犯人十指或四肢,然后便两边拉,夹痛犯人使之招供。一般夹棍为双手或双腿同时用刑, 使得两手或腿皆血肉模糊。而在江湖黑话中,“血”即是钱,而“食”在粤语中都有收受的意思,故“食夹棍”便引申为左右得利,两边见血(钱)。这往往指的是中间人的角色中饱私囊,或者两边玲珑,在协议双方都拿好处,并且是不正当的好处。

    编辑解释edit jyutping

    to take a profit from both sides of a deal, often through trickery; to suffer an attack from both sides

    编辑英文解释edit jyutping


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