死撐
simp死撑sei2 caang1sei2 caang3sǐ chēng
English
- persist on one's action even knowing it's wrong (spoken)
- to stubbornly refuse to admit failure or error; to insist with undue firmness that something is true when it is obviously not
- to withstand great pain and refuse to rest; to force oneself to endure
粵語 — Cantonese
- 衰咗之後唔肯認,頑固噉堅持自己嗰套
- 明明好辛苦、就嚟頂唔順,但係都夾硬捱落去,唔肯休息
Examples
你咁痛仲死撐,返屋企休息啦!
You're in so much pain, and you're still forcing yourself to do it. Go home and take a rest!
明明係你偷,你仲死撐話自己冇偷嘢!
You obviously stole it, but you still insist that you didn't do it! ----
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk