破財
simp破财po3 coi4pò cái
English
- bankrupt
- to suffer financial loss
- to suffer unexpected financial loss
- (in a joking way) to spend money on something; to lose a fortune
粵語 — Cantonese
- 因為一啲意料之外嘅嘢,蒙受金錢上嘅損失
- 講笑指「買嘢用錢」
Examples
破財擋災
to lose money but avoid misfortune ----
今日去書展又要破財喇。
I am going to the book fair today and I will lose a fortune again.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk