15 minutes; quarter-hour; literal meaning: a piece of bone; Cantonese slang, derived from the English word 'quarter', the pronunciation of 'quart' sounds similar to the Cantonese pronunciation of '骨' (gwat1)
(adjective) literally means 'no spine', to describe someone that stands / sits with poor posture or slouches; metaphorically to describe someone that lacks backbone / spineless; to describe something (such as a plan or a strategy) or someone that is unreliable
mutual enmity; describes a situation where two or more parties are always having issues with each other and having a sour relationship for a long time; literally 'their bones were mixed up in their past lives'
(slang) dependent child or elderly person, most commonly used to refer to children that have been raised by parents who have expended a lot of blood, sweat and tears (originally a mythical fish that would cause one to vanish when eaten)
hanger; it describes pants which are not long enough to cover the ankles, ankle pants; it describes locations which are remote, not easily accessible by public transportation