粵

鹿luk6死sei2誰seoi4手sau2

simp鹿死谁手
luk6 sei2 seoi4 sau2lù sǐ shéi shǒu

English

  1. lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom)
  2. fig. who will emerge victorious
  3. not knowing who will gain supremacy or who will win; literally: not knowing whose hand the deer will fall in

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 鹿係古代狩獵嘅主要目標,喺度比喻政權,唔知會落入邊個手中;而家泛指唔知最後邊一方勝出

Examples

  • 今晚決賽競爭激烈,未知鹿死誰手。

    Tonight's final is highly competitive, and it is unclear who will emerge victorious.

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

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