belligerent

• Meaning: [adj/n] inclined or eager to fight, hostile, aggressive; pertaining to warfare
• In Hong Kong slang: 興過辣雞，興到爆，想食人
  
• In decent Chinese: 好戰，好勇鬥狠
  
• Where we first met: The Economist: discussion on the ethics of war - 'once the bullets are flying and you are a belligerent, by what methods and weaponry is it legitimate to wage your war?'

posh

• Meaning: smart and fashionable
  
• In Hong Kong slang: 型，潮，yeah
  
• In decent Chinese: 入時，時尚
  
• Where we first met: The Scotsman - research finds that a famous Scottish comic character is turning posh in his language.
  

defang

• Meaning: to undermine the strength, to make ineffectual, to make it no longer threatening
• NB: fang = the sharp tooth of a snake, or canine tooth of a carnivore
  
• In Hong Kong slang: 廢佢武功，打殘佢， 剝大牙
  
• In decent Chinese: 除掉威脅，拔牙
  
• Where we first met: CNN - on Israeli's bombing of Lebanon - GW Bush says that Israel should be allowed the time to defang Hizbolla before any ceasefire.