死人燈籠
simp死人灯笼sei2 jan4 dang1 lung4sǐ rén dēng long
English
- (noun) the damn lanterns (noun) white lanterns, which people use in Chinese funerals
- to report a bigger sum; to exaggerate or inflate a figure; literally: dead man's lantern
粵語 — Cantonese
- 全句係「死人燈籠報大數」，意思一樣。舊陣時屋企有老人家過身嘅時候會響門口到掛一對白燈籠，上邊寫住逝者享壽若干。呢個數目通常都會因為意頭而加返三年落去，而死人燈籠報大數呢個意思就由此而來。
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk