粵

做zou6醜cau2人jan2

simp做丑人
zou6 cau2 jan2zuò chǒu rén

English

  1. to be the bad guy; to do the tough but necessary things (such as being straightforward and telling someone off)
  2. Literally "to be the ugly person", figuratively "to play the peacemaker", "to settle a quarrel", "to act as an intermediary and potentially face hostility as a result".

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 平息紛爭;喺彼此之間有衝突嘅人中間做調停。

Examples

  • 佢兩個撐到恆,唯有我做醜人搞掂佢啦。

    They're being so adversarial; I guess I'll have to mediate.

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

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