粵

冤jyun1大daai6頭tau2

simp冤大头
jyun1 daai6 tau2jyun1 daai6 tau4yuān dà tóu

English

  1. spendthrift and foolish
  2. sb with more money than sense
  3. person who was ripped on; person deceived on account of generosity

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容人洗咗啲唔需要洗嘅錢,造成浪費,引申為上當、錢財被騙去嘅人

Examples

  • 今次比佢呃到,做咗冤大頭,絕對無下次!

    He swindled me this time. I bought a pig in a poke but there will be no next time.

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

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