粵

唱coeng3雙soeng1簧wong2

simp唱双簧
coeng3 soeng1 wong2chàng shuāng huáng

English

  1. lit. to sing a duet
  2. fig. to collaborate with sb
  3. also used satirically: to play second fiddle to
  4. to scheme together; to take the same side; literally: to sing a double flute

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 兩個人講埋同一樣嘢或者説服人,一唱一和,互相配合

Examples

  • 佢兩個唱雙簧,令佢哋阿媽改咗份遺囑。

    They took the same side and coerced their mother to change her will.

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

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