noun, Taiwan, especially
somebody whom no one is willing to take care of or take in (i.e. like a ball that is kicked around); (medicine) rejected patient (Classifier: 顆/颗 m)
人球 [--]
Jyutping Pinyin
rén qiú
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents)
(esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment