粵

有jau5驚ging1無mou4險him2

simp有惊无险
jau5 ging1 mou4 him2yǒu jīng wú xiǎn

English

  1. to be more scared than hurt (idiom)
  2. (adjective) Scary
  3. to get through a daunting experience without mishap
  4. (of an incidence) to be a false alarm; literally 'there is fear but not danger'

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容事件純粹係虛驚一場,令人受到驚嚇,但係其實冇實際危險

Examples

  • 司機一個唔小心,差啲炒車,好彩最後有驚無險,無發生意外。

    [ChatGPT]The driver was careless and almost caused a car accident, luckily nothing happened in the end.

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

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