賣剩蔗 (maai6 sing6/zing6 ze3) — sth or sb rejected as useless, unattractive or undesirable and are thus overlooked in Cantonese
maaiˍ₆賣sing6/zing6剩ze˗₃蔗简 卖剩蔗
Mandarin Pinyin: mai3 sheng4 zhe4
Meaning of 賣剩蔗
nounsth or sb rejected as useless, unattractive or undesirable and are thus overlooked
noununwanted sugarcanes that are left behind without being sold
noun(slang) literally 'the leftover sugar cane; the leftovers that no one wants after all the good ones has been picked, often used in a derogatory way to refer to refer to women who are 'the leftover women' that no man wants