粵

染jim5缸gong1

jim5 gong1rǎn gāng

English

  1. a dye vat; often used as a metaphor to describe an environment where one cannot escape the negative influences
  2. dye vat
  3. a corrupting environment

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用嚟裝著染料嘅大瓦缸(量詞:個)
  2. 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

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