打爛砂盆問到篤

Chinese
 
to hit hard; to smack; to break; to smash
 to ask
 
to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive
 serious (illness); sincere; true
trad. (打爛砂盆問到篤) 打爛 砂盆 問 到 篤
simp. (打烂砂盆问到笃) 打烂 砂盆 问 到 笃
variant forms 打爛沙盆問到篤／打烂沙盆问到笃
打爛砂盆璺到䐁／打烂砂盆璺到䐁
打爛砂盆璺到㞘／打烂砂盆璺到㞘
Literally: “to break a claypot and ask (crack) to the bottom”.

Etymology

A pun based on the homophony of 璺 (man6, “crack”) and 問／问 (man6, “to ask”).

Pronunciation

Idiom

打爛砂盆問到篤

  1. (Cantonese) to keep asking questions to get to the bottom of something

Synonyms
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