粵

捱ngaai4生sang1捱ngaai4死sei2

simp挨生捱死
ngaai4 sang1 ngaai4 sei2ngaai4 saang1 ngaai4 sei2āi shēng ái sǐ

English

  1. bear the pain and hardship (spoken)
  2. to work extremely hard; literally, to work alive and work till death

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 做嘢做得好勤力;拼死拼活、用盡全部精力;歷盡艱辛

Examples

  • 我喺公司捱生捱死,結果老闆要炒咗我?

    I've been working so hard in the company, but the manager has decided to dismiss me?

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

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