炒車
simp炒车caau2 ce1chǎo chē
English
- car crash (spoken)
- to have a vehicle accident
- an extended metaphor from 跟車太貼, used figuratively in situations where somebody made a judgement call (usually regarding rumours on the internet) too early, but later it turns out to be false
粵語 — Cantonese
- 發生交通意外
- 跟車太貼嘅引申義;太緊貼一啲未知真假嘅事 (通常係網絡流傳嘅時事新聞),好快就判定咗自己信邊面,但係後來真相同自己所信嘅唔同
Examples
嗰度個急彎成日都炒車。
Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY
公主道炒咗車,而家過海好塞車。
There was a traffic accident in Prince Margaret Road, so cross harbour traffic has ground to a halt. ----
叫咗你唔好信連登上面嘅小道消息啦,你睇,炒晒車喇。
I told you already not to trust rumours from LIHKG. See? You got it all wrong.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk