陰jam1乾gon1

English

1. to dry in the shade
2. (verb) To dry up something slowly (usually it refers to food preparation, but sometimes it is used on persons, that means to take away or use up the person's money slowly. Used before a name or a pronoun.)
3. to let something or someone decline through neglect; literally "drying in the shadows"unreviewed?
4. to dry something in the shadeunreviewed?
5. to squeeze something valuable out of someone by evil means; to sapunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 削減一樣嘢嘅資源，唔理佢由佢自生自滅，等佢自己慢慢消失unreviewed?
2. 將啲嘢放喺冇陽光嘅地方等佢慢慢乾unreviewed?
3. 喺人哋身上攞著數，抽取利益；用盡哂一個人或物嘅金錢、價值unreviewed?

Examples

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  要保存好成束花，可以倒吊陰乾，淨係花瓣都係陰乾。

  If you wish to keep a bunch of flower, you can dry it in the shade. Do the same even if it is just for the petals. ----

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  之前諗住慢慢陰乾佢啲錢先離婚，但我實在無法面對佢。

  I planned to slowly squeeze his money out of him before we divorced but I am too depressed to stay with him anymore.