粵

灰fui1色sik1地dei6帶daai3

simp灰色地带
fui1 sik1 dei6 daai3huī sè dì dài

English

  1. gray area
  2. gray area; the rules are not written, but if you did it, you may get a foul

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 善同惡嘅中間地帶,規矩冇寫唔做得,但係做咗可能會犯規嘅事

Examples

  • 他的行為既不違法也不完全合乎道德,介於一種灰色地帶之間。

    His actions are neither illegal nor entirely ethical, falling somewhere in a gray area.

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  • 呢個世界唔係非黑即白,係有灰色地帶嘅。

    This world is not in a black and white morality system, there is a gray area.

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

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