散仔

saan2 zai2

a nickname for someone with no authoritative powers who just does menial tasks · odd jobs · follows orders from superiors, often used to refer to police constables at lower ranks whose duties are to just obey orders from above

Meanings

  1. a nickname for someone with no authoritative powers who just does menial tasks
  2. odd jobs
  3. follows orders from superiors, often used to refer to police constables at lower ranks whose duties are to just obey orders from above

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