釘死
simp钉死deng1 sei2dìng sǐ
English
- to nail securely
- to execute by means of impalement
- to crucify
- to secure something by nailing it.
- an execution way of ancient Rome: to nail someone on a cross and let him bleed until die.
- Literally: to nail die. to collect sufficient evident to put a suspect in jail, mostly used to describe the prosecutors and police officers's law and court procedures toward a catch suspect. A bit more positive then "to cook die".
粵語 — Cantonese
- 用釘釘實物件,令佢唔會郁來郁去
- 一種古羅馬行刑方式,用釘將人釘響十字架上流血直至死亡
- 搜集足夠證據成功令疑犯入罪,多用嚟形容檢控官、警察在法庭上對付被捕疑犯,詞義比煮死正面少少。
Examples
耶穌被釘死喺十字架
Jesus had died nailed to the cross ----
再釘實啲啦,你唔釘死佢一陣又甩出嚟。
Please nail it more firmly. If you don't, it will fall off again later. ----
人證物證齊晒,今次終於可以釘死呢個仆街。
eye-wisenesses and physcial evidence are all in our hands, finally we can put that sucker in jail.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk