空降
hung1 gong3kōng jiàng
English
- to drop from the sky
- (fig.) to appear out of nowhere
- (attributive) airborne
- (of flight) to land
- to run election as an outsider; to be an externally hired management personnel (as opposed to internal promotion)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 由空中安全咁降落地面
- 以區外人嘅身份參選，或者新加入某個機構出任管理層
Examples
空降兵
paratrooper; airborne ----
空降管理層
a manager recruited from outside the company
呢區有三個空降候選人，競選區議員。
There are three "outside" candidates in this district who are running for a seat in the District Council election.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk