樽頸
simp樽颈zeon1 geng2zūn jǐng
English
- bottle-neck
- a bottleneck
- plateau (in one's skills)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容成日塞住嘅地方(量詞:個)
- 形容一個難以突破嘅關卡,通常指一個人技藝去到一定水平,好多功夫先換得少少進步
Examples
隧道入口好似一個樽頸,所以時時塞車。
The entrance of the tunnel is like a bottleneck, therefore there are always traffic jams. ----
我覺得我琴技已經去到樽頸位,再練落去都無咩意思。
I think my piano skills have plateaued, there's no point in continuing to practice.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk