斷尾
simp断尾tyun5 mei5duàn wěi
English
- (zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail
- (verb) completely ended; (of disease) completely cured and never relapsed
- (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail
- to end sth without further relapse; to be over for good; to be definitively finished (e.g. illness, relationships); literally: to cut off the tail
粵語 — Cantonese
- 徹底了斷;令某樣嘢再冇後續
Examples
佢個病成日返發,斷唔到尾。
His illness often recurs and is not yet completely treated.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk