粵

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simp臭气熏天
cau3 hei3 fan1 tin1chòu qì xūn tiān

English

  1. overwhelming stench (idiom)
  2. extremely stinky, so stinky that the smell can be detected in the sky

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 非常臭，臭氣傳到上個天

Examples

  • 你唔好成日開廚房門整臭豆腐啦，搞到成間屋臭氣薰天呀！

    Don't make stinky tofu with the kitchen door open will you, it's stinking up the house!

  • 垃圾箱臭气熏天。

    The garbage-can gave off a bad smell.

    Tatoeba · mtdot CC BY

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

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