粵

遙jiu4遙jiu4無mou4期kei4

simp遥遥无期
jiu4 jiu4 mou4 kei4yáo yáo wú qī

English

  1. far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever
  2. not going to happen for a while

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 起碼好耐之後先會發生,而且冇一個確實嘅日期,可能最後冇咗件事

Examples

  • 計劃因為資金短缺而被擱置,實現嘅日子似乎遙遙無期。

    The plan was put on hold due to a lack of funds, and its completion seems to be a long way off.

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

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