粵

天tin1方fong1夜je6譚taam4

simp天方夜谭
tin1 fong1 je6 taam4Tiān fāng Yè tántiān fāng yè tán

English

  1. The Arabian Nights (classic story)
  2. fantasy story
  3. nonsense

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一啲完全無道理,無辦法令人接受嘅嘢

Examples

  • 五十年前,電視、電腦這種東西簡直是天方夜譚。

    Such things as television and computers could not have been dreamed of fifty years ago.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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