爛泥
simp烂泥laan6 nai4làn ní
English
- mud
- mire
- mire; mud ----
- figuratively, person who is indolent and has no regard for oneself
粵語 — Cantonese
- 水份含量高嘅土壤
- 由得自己pea,頹住過生活嘅人(量詞:噼)
Examples
烂泥扶不上墙。
You can't raise a cat to be a dog.
Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY
她把他从烂泥中拽出来了。
She pulled him out of the mud.
Tatoeba · asosan CC BY
佢失戀之後,乜嘢都唔做,淨係飲酒,好似一噼爛泥噉。
After he broke up/was disappointed in love, he didn't do anything (but) only drink/(took to drink), (he's just) like mud (he's indolent and had no regard for oneself).
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk