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客
家
佔
地
主
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占
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Jyutping
haak3 gaa1 zim3 dei6 zyu2
Pinyin
kè jiā zhàn dì zhǔ
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
noun; late comer " Hakkanese" dominate or better the local people; the guest acts as host (idiom); to turn from passive to active behavior
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
語句
客人佔咗主人嘅位置;喧賓奪主
a guest taking over the place of the hosts
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客家霸地主
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, Cantonese, idiomatic
Hakka people change from being guests to being dominant over the local people (i.e. the Yue-speaking people)
phrase, Cantonese, broadly, idiomatic
a presumptuous guest usurps the host's role
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
客家占地主
客家佔地主
haak3 gaa1 zim3 dei6 zyu2
the guest acts as host