粵

重cung5創cong3

simp重创
cung5 cong3zhòng chuāng

English

  1. to inflict heavy losses; to inflict serious damage
  2. severe injury; trauma
  3. to defeat someone completely, or damage something badly

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 嚴重創傷
  2. 對人或者事物帶嚟重大打擊

Examples

  • 巴塞重創皇馬。

    Barca crushed the Real Madrid.

  • 零三沙士重創香港經濟。

    SARS crushed Hong Kong's economy in 2003.

  • 我細個喺樓梯跌咗落嚟,左手受到重創。

    I fell down stairs when I was little so my left hand was seriously injured.

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

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