粵

擦caat3邊bin1球kau4

simp擦边球
caat3 bin1 kau4cā biān qiú

English

  1. (table tennis) edge ball
  2. (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable
  3. edge ball; to haggle over regulations

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 走法律罅,或者接近道德、共識底線而又唔違反規定嘅事;本來係指網球或者乒乓波等運動入邊,打響界線邊緣嘅波

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

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