粵

偷tau1師si1

simp偷师
tau1 si1tōu shī

English

  1. to steal techniques; to learn secretly from sb else's skills or methods
  2. to learn the secret techniques; to make a learning request
  3. to learn skills by observing implicitly; literally: to steal teachings

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 透過觀察有能力嘅人做一啲嘢,從而學習嗰樣技藝

Examples

  • 佢做嘢嗰陣向攝影師偷師學藝,呢排影相進步咗。

    He secretly observes and learns techniques from the photographer when he is working. He has taken better photos recently.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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