落湯雞
simp落汤鸡lok6 tong1 gai1luò tāng jī
English
- a person who looks drenched and bedraggled
- person who gets all wet, soaked through, completely drenched; literally: chicken in soup
- like a drowned rat
- deep distress
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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