倒水
dou2 seoi2dào shuǐ
English
- pour water
- to pour water from a container ----
- metaphor for heavy rain
- metaphor for quick depletion of batteries
- metaphor for quickly spending a lot of money
粵語 — Cantonese
- 將水由某容器倒走
- 比喻落大水
- 比喻用電用得快，電池好快冇電
- 比喻使錢使得好快
Examples
我倒水進去花瓶裡。
I filled up the vase with water.
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出面落大雨好似倒水噉。
The rain is pouring outside. ----
我部電話嚿電倒水噉倒，係時候換過部新機。
The battery of my phone is depleted like pouring water, it's time for a new phone. ----
而家物價指數咁高，飲下野、睇場戲，啲錢倒水噉倒。
Prices of everything is so high. A cup of coffee, a cinema ticket, and money is poured out like water.
Sources: cc-canto, words.hk