牙ngaa4斬zaam2斬zaam2

simp牙斩斩

ngaa4 zaam2 zaam2yá zhǎn zhǎn

English

(slang) (for ability to speak, with a negative connotation) boastful; eloquent; persuasive; sharp-tongued
used to describe someone who talks big but fails to deliver
cocky; overweening; condescending

粵語 — Cantonese

用嚟話人得把口，講就叻但係做唔到
形容人講嘢要強、好勝、唔認輸

Examples

你咪牙斬斬，應承得人就要做得到。
No boasting. If you promised it, you should be able to do it. ----
你成日講嘢牙斬斬，幾時先學識謙虛啲呢？
You talk in a cocky and condescending way all the time. When will you learn to become more humble?
聽日份功課你而家都未做完，上個禮拜仲牙斬斬話今日一定有。
Last week, you were so confident in saying that you would finish the assignment by today, but it's due tomorrow and you're still not done.

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

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