粵

打daa2橫waang4行hang4

simp打横行
daa2 waang4 hang4daa2 waang4 haang4dǎ héng háng

English

  1. verb; literally: walking horizontal (like the crab) extended meaning : domineering; ride roughshod; unreasonable
  2. to be unconstrained; to be all-powerful; literally, to walk horizontally

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指一個人好有勢力、冇任何牽制、點做都得

Examples

  • 佢係有錢仔,喺呢度打橫行㗎,差佬都奈佢唔何。

    He's a rich kid. He can do whatever he likes. Even the police can't do anything.

  • 幅表格入面明文字母打戙行同關鍵字字母打橫行相交嗰點,就係對應呢個明文字母嘅密文字母。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

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

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