鳩做
gau1 zou6jiū zuòinferred
English
- to do or execute in a non-serious, frivolous manner
- after doing something, the result is worthless or the effort ends up in vain
粵語 — Cantonese
- 亂做;冇乜計劃、目標咁做
- 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