放fong3低dai1

English

1. to lower
2. (verb) 1. Put something down; 2. Let go (with something)
3. to put down an object
4. to be humble
5. to no longer care or think about someone or something

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 擺低一樣嘢，唔再對佢有任何動作
2. 唔再理、唔再諗一個人或者一樣嘢

Examples

• 放低手！

  Put your hands down!

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 放低支槍！

  Put down your gun!

• 放低心頭大石

  to feel an intense sense of relief; to have a heavy load taken off one's shoulders

• 佢放低咗枝槍。

  He laid down the gun.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 佢放低咗封信就走咗喇。

  He put down the letter and left. ----

• 試下放低你嘅偏見，好好同佢相處下啦。

  You should lay down your prejudice and try to get along with him.

• 唔肯讓步、放低思想潔癖，只會搞到咩都做唔到。

  An insistence on ideological purity and an unwillingness to compromise lead to an inability to get things done.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 同佢分手已經係半年前嘅事喇，但係我到而家都仲未放得低佢。

  I broke up with her half a year ago, but I'm still thinking about her from time to time.