粵

搏bok3命meng6

bok3 meng6bó mìng

English

  1. to fight with all one has
  2. (v.)(adverb) to work very hard and devotedly; to do something very dangerous that one is risking their life for it; to strive to do something
  3. with all one's might; desperately; to give one's all to a task; literally: to risk one's life
  4. to risk one's life ----
  5. to fight (with someone) to the death; to make a desperate fight

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 非常努力俾心機去做一樣野,甚至有生命危險都唔理
  2. 冒生命危險去做一樣嘢
  3. 冒住生命危險去(同人)打交

Examples

  • 做嘢咁搏命為乜啊?

    What's the sense of working so hard?

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  • 阿美向住個湖搏命噉跑。

    May ran with all her might towards the lake.

  • 熱身啫,唔使咁搏命嘅。

    It's just warm-up. You don't have to give it your all.

  • 佢夠膽搞我,我就同佢搏命。

    If he dares to mess up with me, I'll make a desperate fight with him.

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

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