粵

冚ham6國gwok3旗kei4

simp冚国旗
ham6 gwok3 kei4kam2 gwok3 kei4kà guó qí

English

  1. lit. to cover a coffin with the national flag, meaning one has the honour to die for his
  2. her nation
  3. use as a curse on one to died, especially government officials
  4. to be killed in the line of duty; literally "covered by national flag"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 意思指紀律部隊人員,尤其是係警察喺執勤期間殉職;喪禮入面,殉職者嘅靈柩會由國旗覆蓋,以表示政府嘅致意,所以冚國旗就代表殉職

Sources: cc-canto, words.hk

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