粵

骨gwat1赤cek3

gwat1 cek3gǔ chìinferred

English

  1. to feel a stronger hurt when one lets something valuable (esp. money) go; literally "bone(gap) feeling painful" (stronger than "flesh pain")

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 比肉赤更加唔捨得嘅感覺

Examples

  • 食嗰兩啖嘢就千幾蚊,直情係骨都赤。

    Such little food costs a few hundred dollars. It really hurts so much.

  • 見到個仔做嘢咁辛苦,我真係骨罅都赤啊!

    I feel a strong hurt when I saw my son working so hard.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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