發媌
faat3 maau4fā miáoinferred
English
- to act recklessly because of anger, to lose temper
- to be very desperate for something
粵語 — Cantonese
- 指人因為嬲而表現得衝動魯莽。
- 或指為咗得到某啲嘢,不顧一切、不擇手段咁去做
Examples
唔見咗嘢咪慢慢揾囉,發茅都無用㗎。
If you can't find something you need to search with patience, acting recklessly gives no help at all. ----
佢一到考試前一個月就會發晒茅係咁温書。
He studies extremely hard a month before every examination.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk