Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
執雞
English translation:
try your luck and be a standby
Added to glossary by
Denyce Seow
Sep 1, 2007 20:18
16 yrs ago
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Chinese term
Singapore
Business & Legal Translator
Native in: English (Variants: Singaporean, UK, US) 
Works in: Chinese to English
執雞
Chinese to English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Soccer
A: 到康文署訂場吧. 現在去，可能還能趕及預訂兩個月後的場地.
B: 還有其他方法嗎？
A: 你可以嘗試「執雞」
B: 執雞？
A: 算了，送佛送到西. 我跟你一起去.
B: 還有其他方法嗎？
A: 你可以嘗試「執雞」
B: 執雞？
A: 算了，送佛送到西. 我跟你一起去.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | try your luck and be a standby |
Shirley Lao
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| 3 | Get lucky and get someone else's 場地 |
billychang
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Proposed translations
+2
6 hrs
Shirley Lao
Taiwan
Taiwan
Native in Chinese
Taiwan
In Search of Clarity
Native in: Chinese (Variant: Traditional)
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
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try your luck and be a standby
"執雞" means "to be a standby for a seat or a place, if the one who has already booked the seat or place fails to show up.
Therefore, there is no guarantee that the one who 執雞 may actually gets a seat or place.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-09-02 02:27:43 GMT)
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Should be:
Therefore, there is no guarantee that the one who 執雞 may actually get a seat or place.
Therefore, there is no guarantee that the one who 執雞 may actually gets a seat or place.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2007-09-02 02:27:43 GMT)
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Should be:
Therefore, there is no guarantee that the one who 執雞 may actually get a seat or place.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks very much for the explanation."
1 hr
billychang
Native in Chinese
&
English
Works in field
Translate tradition & simplified Chinese
Native in: English 
, Chinese
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese
Related KudoZ points
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12
Get lucky and get someone else's 場地
執雞,汁雞 : 指你的隊友和別人開火,你去幫忙,最後你殺了那人,你的隊友卻不能殺到
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