粵

坐co5移ji4民man4監gaam1

simp坐移民监
co5 ji4 man4 gaam1zuò yí mín jiān

English

  1. lit. serving a immigration jail sentence, meaning one has to stay in a country for a certain period of time being granted residency or citizenship
  2. to spend time in a foreign country as part of the process of acquiring residency or citizenship, unable to return to the original country at that period of time; literally: to sit in immigration prison

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 為滿足某國嘅入籍或者居留條件而長期留喺當地

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

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