Word origins

• Black DitchSynonym of Taiwan Strait.
• black mongoblack bean; black soybean
• carrot cakeA sweet cake, often iced, containing grated carrot.
• catch no ballTo fail to understand something; be unable to comprehend what others are saying.
• fried oysterSynonym of oyster omelette.
• green mongoSynonym of mongo (“mung bean”).
• I tell youSynonym of I can tell you.
• ku ku birdPenis
• no horse runExceptionally good
• or notFinal interrogative particle, forming a yes/no question from a declarative statement.
• red mongored bean; azuki bean
• red tortoise cakeA small, sweet, round Chinese dumpling with sticky glutinous rice flour skin wrapped around a sweet filling, moulded to resemble a tortoise shell.
• talk cockTo talk nonsense.
• where gotUsed to challenge the validity of an assertion.