倒屎咁早

Chinese

upset; turn over; to tip
upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
 
 stool; faeces (Cantonese) so early; morning
trad. (倒屎咁早) 倒 屎 咁 早
simp. #(倒屎咁早) 倒 屎 咁 早
Literally: “as early as time for pouring away faeces”.

Etymology

At early times when flushing systems were still not available, faeces were collected by cleaners before usual time for people to wake up.

Pronunciation

Adjective

倒屎咁早

  1. (Cantonese) very early in the morning

Synonyms

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