粵

束cuk1之zi1高gou1閣gok3

simp束之高阁
cuk1 zi1 gou1 gok3shù zhī gāo gé

English

  1. tied up in a bundle on a high shelf
  2. to put sth on the back burner
  3. no longer a high priority
  4. figuratively to shelve, to put aside something; literally, to storage into penthouse

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 將物品放到好少有人去嘅閣樓存放,意指將事情擱置、暫時中止

Examples

  • 近來經濟唔好,呢類開發計劃只能束之高閣。

    Recently there's a economic downturn, this type of development plans have to be put aside.

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

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