粵

破po3舊gau6

simp破旧
po3 gau6pò jiù

English

  1. shabby
  2. old and shabby; worn-out

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 睇得出已經用咗好耐,唔再新淨,有好多爛咗嘅地方

Examples

  • 嗰個老人家著住件破舊嘅大褸。

    That old man is wearing a shabby old coat.

  • 佢手推車入面有架細鋼琴,上面坐咗隻破舊瘦瘦嘅馬騮。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 她的衣服破旧不堪。

    Her clothes are worn out.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 房間除了一張破舊的床以外,就甚麼也沒有了。

    The room was empty except for a shabby bed.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 当汤姆开着他破旧的雷泽车来接女儿放学时,他的女儿假装不认识他。

    Tom's daughter pretended not to know him when he came to pick her up from school in his battered old car.

    Tatoeba · cindycute CC BY

  • 这部发生在破旧不堪小镇的救赎与希望之歌,是南非选送今年奥斯卡的作品,并入围了最佳外语片五强角逐。

    A gritty story of redemption and hope in a ramshackle urban township is the South African entry for this year's Academy Awards and one of the five finalists for Best Foreign Language Film.

    Tatoeba · maina CC BY

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

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