粵

丟diu1疏so1

simp丢疏
diu1 so1diū shū

English

  1. become rusty with a once perfected skill due to less practice or usage
  2. to have lost the ability to do something; to have one's skills go rusty; "to be out of touch"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容一個人嘅技能日久生疏

Examples

  • 我十年都未打過鐵,丟疏咗添。

    I haven't been close to an anvil for ten years.

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

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