粵

行hang4屍si1走zau2肉juk6

simp行尸走肉
hang4 si1 zau2 juk6xíng shī zǒu ròu

English

  1. walking corpse (idiom)
  2. zombie
  3. person who lives only on the material level
  4. alive but not lively, like a walking dead

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容一個人只係識滿足當下嘅慾望、生活得渾渾噩噩嘅人

Examples

  • 他已形同行屍走肉。

    He is as good as dead.

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  • 我已經受夠呢啲「日日返工等放工,放工等放假」咁行屍走肉嘅生活喇!

    I am sick of mooning around at work, as if I were a walking dead.

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

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