粵

離lei4題tai4

simp离题
lei4 tai4lí tí

English

  1. to digress; to stray from the subject
  2. to digress from the subject; to be off-topic

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 講咗第二度,講咗啲同原本主題無關嘅嘢

Examples

  • 佢嘅演講越講越離題。

    The more he speaks, the more he is digressing from the subject of his speech.

  • 正話講緊開支,傾到離晒題,走咗去講車。

    We were talking about the expenses. The discussion went totally off-topic and turned into a conversation about cars.

  • 鈴木先生嘅堂好得意,但係佢成日都會離題,唔會成日跟住教科書。

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

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