繡sau3花faa1

English

1. to embroider
2. to embroider; especially with a design related to flowers
3. to do embroidery
4. metaphorically, spending too much time and effort on something

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 用絲、絨、或者線喺紡織品上面繡上花紋或者其他圖案
2. 引伸嚟比喻一啲人喺事情上放咗過多嘅心機同埋時間

Examples

• 繡花枕頭

  a pillow with an embroidered pillow case ----

• 佢寫字慢到好似繡花噉。

  He writes at a snail's pace, like he's doing embroidery.

• 喂，你繡完花未呀？夠晒鐘出門口喇。

  Are you done yet? It's time to go out.