- double agent
- (Chin.) official name
of liberal Legco member elected in the run-up to 1997
- double bar
- (Med.) phenomenon
known to occur in the FCC after the 21st pint
- double-barrelled
- (Chin.) method of transporting two political
prisoners in humane conditions
- double bill
- the concept of "one country - two police
forces"
- double-blind
- state of mind of Legco members when discussing the
beloved motherland
- double boiler
- Peggy Lam and Dorothy Liu
- double CD
- a way of getting back at the authorities, as in the
Double Take Double CD
- double-check
- (Commerc.) amount paid
by foreigners in Beijing
- double chin
- (Chin.) Mr. and Mrs.
Chin
- double-cross
- (freemasonry) sign for the Sino-British Joint Declaration
- double date
- (of new airport) promised
completion date
- double-digit
- (vulg.) hand-signal
used by British to communicate with Chinese leaders
- double Dutch
- (Du.) = HK's Basic Law
- double fault
- (Chin.) serious error (usu. unattrib.)
- double glazing
- (Med.) result of
reading Hong Kong's Basic Law
- double jeopardy
- (insurance) life-risk
in HK, after completion of Daya Bay nuclear plant
- double-jointed
- a Lamma Island resident on pay day
- double negative
- (Chin.) response given
to question asked by anyone surnamed Patten
- double trouble
- two countries - four systems
- double take
- (vulg. Brit.) radio
show popular in Hong Kong in 1990s
- AGFA
- four-letter word describing company with balls enough to
sponsor us
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