杠龟

槓龜
gàngguī
(Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜, Tai-lo pr. kong-kù)

CEDICT

taiwan

Entry Composition

=1 杠 gàng variant of 杠 gàng
=1 杠 gàng
  1. coffin-bearing pole (old)
  2. thick pole; bar; rod
  3. thick line
  4. to mark with a thick line
  5. to sharpen (a knife, razor etc)
  6. to get into a dispute with
  7. standard; criterion
  8. hyphen; dash
2 龟 guī
  1. tortoise; turtle
  2. (coll.) cuckold