擱淺
simp搁浅gok3 cin2gē qiǎn
English
- to run aground; to become stranded
- (fig.) to run into difficulties and come to a standstill; to stall
- to run aground
- to suspend an ongoing project
粵語 — Cantonese
- 船隻或者大魚入咗淺過佢入水位嘅水域,所以卡咗響度
- 原本順利嘅事突然因故中斷
Examples
一条受伤的鲸鱼在海滩边搁浅了。
A wounded whale washed up on the beach.
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條鯨魚擱淺咗喺沙灘上面。
The whale ran aground on this beach. ----
今次發展計劃因示威而擱淺。
This development project is aborted due to protests.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk