Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[to dive]] to study very hard, to "swot".
Definitions
  1. 1 [[to dive]] to study very hard, to "swot".
  2. 2 chihm séui 潛水 — [submerge in water] to go from Kowloon to Hong Kong (or vice versa) by way of one of the cross harbour tunnels (taxi driver jargon for "crossing the harbour") (mp 1, 27.1999); to escape from law; to hide oneself; to cross the border illegally.
  3. 3 chihm (séui) tèhng 潛(水)艇 — [submarine] an anti-social student concerned only with studying, a "book worm".
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