Cantonese Slang
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  2. 2 chaap gwai ji 插桂枝 — [dashing the joss stick], a stage in the triad initiation ritual in which a joss stick is extinguished, symbolizing the ritual death of the recruit who is reborn as a member of the society (traditional triad jargon, OS).
  3. 3 chaap hyut wáih mâhng 插血為盟 — [pricking the finger], a stage in the triad initiation ceremony in which the middle finger of the left hand is pricked and the blood used to make a ritual wine (traditional triad jargon, OS).
  4. 4 chaap jâm dōu chaap ńh yahp 插針都插唔入 — [too tight to put a needle in] small, tight, crowded; frigid, sexually unresponsive (woman).
  5. 5 chaap kèih 插旗 — [to plant flag] to claim territory.
  6. 6 chaap ngáahn 插眼 — to poke the eyes with the fingers, to attack someone's eyes with one's fingers during a fight (gwdl 48, 13).
  7. 7 chaap séui 插水 — to pretend to be fouled, to "take a dive" (soccer jargon); to jump the queue (truck driver jargon, USi).
  8. 8 chaap séui fai 插水費 — a bribe paid to be able to jump the queue (truck driver jargon, USi).
  9. 9 chaap yihk nàahn fēi 插翼難飛 — to be unable to escape (dyj 7, 19).
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