粵

冰bing1封fung1

bing1 fung1bīng fēng

English

  1. to freeze over
  2. to ice over
  3. icebound
  4. to shelve (a proposal etc)
  5. to freeze over; to ice up; to be covered in ice

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 表面或者周圍結晒冰;俾冰覆蓋住

Examples

  • 冰封三尺,非一日之寒

    The outcome is the result of a series of events over a long period of time, rather than a single event. (Literal meaning: A three-foot-thick slab of ice is not the result of the coldness in a single day.)

  • 呢個港口每年冬天都會冰封三個月。

    This harbour freezes over for three months every winter.

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

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