粵

禽kam4獸sau3

simp禽兽
kam4 sau3qín shòu

English

  1. birds and animals
  2. creature
  3. beast (brutal person)
  4. birds and animals; birds and beasts; fauna ----
  5. person of low morals; immoral or cruel person

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 鳥類同野獸;飛禽走獸
  2. 比喻人格低劣或者殘酷嘅人(量詞:隻)

Examples

  • 衣冠禽獸

    an immoral and despicable person, literally a dressed up animal

  • 禽獸不如

    to behave cruelly or immorally; literally: to be worse than a beast

  • 你呢隻禽獸竟然做埋啲噉嘅嘢!

    You monster! How dare you!

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

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