揮fai1之zi1不bat1去heoi3

English

1. impossible to get rid of
2. cannot brush away something (e.g. feeling, scent, etc.); to linger and not to be got rid of

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 趕唔走，冇辦法令一樣嘢（感覺、氣味等等）離開

Examples

• 往事喺我腦海中揮之不去。

  The past keeps lingering in my mind.

• 那首歌在我腦中揮之不去。

  I can't get that song out of my head.

  Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

• 他尖刻的话语仍然在我心中挥之不去。

  His bitter words still rankle in my mind.

  Tatoeba · tommyfang95 CC BY

• 她完全沒有出外的心情，因為那種突然失去父親的痛苦，一直在她的心頭揮之不去。

  The shock of her father's death lingered on and she didn't feel like going out at all.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY