揩haai1嘢je5

haai1 je5kāi yě

English

to take drugs; to be high on drugs [colloquial]
(colloquial) to take dope; to be high on drugs
to have a misadventure; to suffer

粵語 — Cantonese

吸毒嘅俗稱
蒙受損失；領嘢

Examples

佢揩嘢揩到上晒癮。
He's got addicted to drugs. ----
今鋪阿基揩嘢喇，個股跌成噉。
Kei's in big trouble as the stock market drops.
Hi-tech揩嘢，low-tech撈嘢。
The high-tech businesses are struggling, while the low-tech businesses are thriving.

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

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