粵

鳩gau1做zou6

gau1 zou6jiū zuòinferred

English

  1. to do or execute in a non-serious, frivolous manner
  2. after doing something, the result is worthless or the effort ends up in vain

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 亂做;冇乜計劃、目標咁做
  2. 做完一件事,但徒勞無功

Examples

  • 呢份功課計好多分架,唔好鳩做呀。

    This assignment counts for a large part of the final mark, don't treat it frivolously. ----

  • 準備好晒啲嘢,你先話取消,咁我呢幾日做嘅嘢咪鳩做?

    You're canceling the event after I made all the preparations, making all my previous efforts in vain.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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