粵

包baau1攬laam5

simp包揽
baau1 laam5bāo lǎn

English

  1. to take it all upon oneself; to undertake the whole task; (fig.) to sweep (all prizes etc)
  2. to take on the entirety of something; to undertake the whole thing

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 得到或者承擔某個範疇嘅所有事項

Examples

  • 包攬訴訟

    champerty

  • 包攬水電工程

    to cover all kinds of home engineering

  • 我哋校隊喺校際比賽包攬五面金牌。

    Our school team has bagged all five gold medals in the inter-school competition.

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

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