城巴佬

chéng ba lǎo

Dictionary entry

(slang) (jocular) "city bumpkin", city person lacking basic rural or natural-world knowledge (play on 鄉巴佬|乡巴佬[xiang1 ba5 lao3])

What does 城巴佬 mean?

城巴佬 (chéng ba lǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(slang) (jocular) "city bumpkin", city person lacking basic rural or natural-world knowledge (play on 鄉巴佬|乡巴佬[xiang1 ba5 lao3])

Character breakdown

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城chéngcity walls · city 巴BāBa, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) · the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality 佬lǎomale · man (Cantonese)

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城巴佬

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