粵

刨paau4書syu1

simp刨书
paau4 syu1páo shū

English

  1. to study hard
  2. to delve into books in a relatively short time; to swot up, i.e. Study assiduously; literally, to peel books.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 短時間內睇熟一本或多本書;為應試而短時間內深入咁温書。

Examples

  • 下星期考試,佢晚晚都刨書刨到十二點。

    The exam is going to take place next week, and he has been swotting up all the syllabus every day until midnight.

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

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