當dong1兵bing1

English

1. to serve in the army
2. to be a gun jam bing 觀音兵, to be subservient to a woman that one finds attractive, and to take orders from her like a soldier, in hopes that she will return the affection; usually, the "soldier" is friendzoned by the woman
3. to become a soldier; to enlist; to join an armed force
4. to be a soldier

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 做觀音兵
2. 成為士兵

Examples

• 當兵真係好慘㗎，幾時先肯心息唧？

  Being a gun jam bing is degrading. When will you give up on her?

• 佢個仔去咗當兵之後就再冇返過嚟。

  His son never returns from his enlistment.

• 他在當兵。

  He's in the army.

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