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摸mo2門mun4釘deng1

simp摸门钉
mo2 mun4 deng1mō mén dīng

English

  1. (slang) an expression when someone goes to visit their friends but no one is at home or to fail to visit a place because it is closed
  2. to be unable to reach somebody when one pays a visit to them; literally "to scrape the door nails"

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 上門揾人,而咁啱對方唔響屋企,入唔到去亦都見唔到對方

Examples

  • 原來小明出咗街,搞到我頭先去揾佢摸門釘𠻹。

    In fact Ming had already gone out, so I couldn't find Ming at his place just now.

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

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