粵

偷tau1雞gai1

simp偷鸡
tau1 gai1tōu jī

English

  1. (verb) to steal a chicken; (slang) to sneak out in order to do less work; to slack off; to not play by the rules
  2. to behave dishonestly for some small unnoticeable advantages or convenience; to take advantage of a loophole ; literally "to steal chicken"
  3. secretly doing something in order to gain small advantages

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 引申指違反一啲規則,去令自己方便或者攞着數
  2. 偷偷哋去攞着數或者方便

Examples

  • 食齋嘅人會唔會間唔中偷雞食吓肉㗎?

    Do vegetarians have cheat days?

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  • 因為老闆放咗假,所以佢想偷雞早啲走。

    As the boss is on vacation, he would like to take a small advantage of this and to leave early.

  • 玩話事啤嘅時候,無靚牌扮有,從而嚇走對手

    to bluff in poker

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

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