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simp沙龙
saa1 lung4shā lóng

English

  1. salon (loanword)
  2. a salon
  3. artistic photo, since the trend of photography has arisen from 6,70's, "to take salon photos" become a synonym of "to take artistic photos", the people taking artistic photos are called "salon guys".

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 法語 salon嘅音譯;原本解做客廳,法國十八世紀,文人雅士成日響啲貴族客廳中談論文藝時事,所以漸成文藝集會嘅專稱;亦指設計雅緻,俾文人雅士飲酒傾計嘅地方;而家通常引伸為文學藝術相關嘅活動、講座,如文學沙龍、藝術沙龍、攝影沙龍等
  2. 指藝術相片,自從6,70年代攝影潮流興起,「影沙龍」就成為攝影界口中「影藝術相」嘅代名詞,從事呢啲活動嘅人就叫沙龍友或龍友

Examples

  • 文學沙龍、藝術沙龍、攝影沙龍

    literature salon, art salon, photography salon ----

  • 打沙龍 - 參與藝術攝影比賽

    "to beat a salon" - to join a artistic photography completion

  • 沙龍調 - 有藝術味道嘅相片

    "taste of salon" - a photo with artistic style

  • 求其影幅相留念姐,又唔係影沙龍,駛唔駛搞咁耐呀?

    Just take a casual photo for memories; you’re not working for a photo saloon, do you really need to spend so much time on it?

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

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