染缸
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English
- a dye vat; often used as a metaphor to describe an environment where one cannot escape the negative influences
- dye vat
- a corrupting environment
粵語 — Cantonese
- 用嚟裝著染料嘅大瓦缸(量詞:個)
- 令人變壞嘅環境
Examples
佢細個嗰陣跌咗入個染缸度,好彩入便咩都冇。
He fell into a dye vat when he was a child; fortunately, it was empty. ----
呢間辦公室係個大染缸,一個滿腔熱誠嘅畢業生入咗去,一個唯唯諾諾嘅打工仔出返嚟。
This office is soul crushing. In goes an aspiring graduate, out comes a brownnosing wageslave.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk