粵

落lok6湯tong1雞gai1

simp落汤鸡
lok6 tong1 gai1luò tāng jī

English

  1. a person who looks drenched and bedraggled
  2. person who gets all wet, soaked through, completely drenched; literally: chicken in soup
  3. like a drowned rat
  4. deep distress

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 成身濕晒嘅人(量詞:隻)

Examples

  • 個天突然落雨,我又冇帶遮,咪變成落湯雞囉。

    It rained suddenly, but I didn't bring an umbrella, so I got all wet.

  • 我就係今日無帶遮,所以先淋到隻落湯雞咁咋嘛。

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 我被雨淋成了落汤鸡。

    I was utterly soaked by the downpour.

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

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

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