兩梳蕉
simp两梳蕉loeng5 so1 ziu1liǎng shū jiāo
English
- to visit one without any gift
- to visit someone without bringing a gift; to arrive empty-handed at someone's house. as the bananas represent the fingers of one's hands; literally: two bunches of bananas / bringing a bunch of bananas / bringing two bunches of bananas
粵語 — Cantonese
- 咩都冇帶;上門作客或者探人無帶到禮物,將兩手空空嘅手指借喻為蕉,所以叫兩梳蕉
Examples
兩梳蕉噉過去好似唔係幾好,不如帶枝酒啦。
It's not that nice to go there empty-handed. Let's take a bottle of wine.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk