粵

新san1澤zaak6西sai1

simp新泽西
san1 zaak6 sai1Xīn zé xī

English

  1. New Jersey, US state
  2. an expression that means driving a hard bargain; literally "New Jersey", referring to the USS New Jersey (BB-62), a battleship of the US Navy which visited Hong Kong in the 1950s. As her draught was too deep, she was not able to enter the Victoria Harbour and could only anchor outside the harbour at Lei Yue Mun.
  3. New Jersey

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 歇後語:食水深
  2. 地方名;美國五十州之一,全名係新澤西州,喺美國東北部,範圍包括好多大城市,係美國人口最密嘅一個州

Examples

  • 基金經理食水咁深,正一新澤西!

    Fund managers are ruthless and extract a lot of wealth.

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

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