粵

口hau2水seoi2戰zin3

simp口水战
hau2 seoi2 zin3kǒu shuǐ zhàn

English

  1. war of words
  2. verbal fight, as opposed to physical fight; literally: saliva war

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 出口唔出手嘅爭執

Examples

  • 佢兩個口水戰啫,邊會真係開片?

    They are just having a verbal fight. They aren't going to fight physically, are they?

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

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