粵

殃joeng1及kap6池ci4魚jyu4

simp殃及池鱼
joeng1 kap6 ci4 jyu4yāng jí chí yú

English

  1. (idiom) innocent
  2. to be a collateral
  3. bystander get into a trouble or get involved in an situation or affair of others

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 全句「城門失火,殃及池魚」,提到城門火燭,人用池入邊嘅水嚟救火,結果池裏邊嘅魚就乾死。意思係同自己有關連嘅嘢受損傷嘅時候,自己好難獨善其身,亦可以解作無端端被捲入一啲壞事。

Examples

  • 反貪浪潮一出,澳門對出嘅賭船就紛紛執笠,可謂殃及池魚。

    During the anti-corruption campaign, the casino yachts far from the coast of Macau, as a collateral, were shut down.

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

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