粵

飲jam2恨han6

simp饮恨
jam2 han6yǐn hèn

English

  1. to nurse a grievance
  2. to harbor a grudge
  3. to fail when victory is almost achieved; literally: to drink regret

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺差少少就可以達到目標嘅情況下失敗

Examples

  • 我地以一分之差輸咗,無緣冠軍,第三次飲恨攞銀牌。

    We lost the championship finals by a point and, with shame, became silver medalists for the third time.

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

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