粵

爭zang1光gwong1

simp争光
zang1 gwong1zhēng guāng

English

  1. to win an honor
  2. to win glory for; to bring honour to
  3. to strive to win a prize

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 得到其他人嘅嘉許,例如贏到比賽或者獎項,令到自己所屬嘅團體都光彩

Examples

  • 佢喺朗誦比賽入面勇奪冠軍,為校爭光。

    He won first prize in the speech competition, winning glory for his school.

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

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