粵

篤duk1背bui3脊zek3

simp笃背脊
duk1 bui3 zek3dǔ bèi jǐ

English

  1. backstabbing
  2. to rat on somebody; to tell the authority about something wrong that somebody else has done ; to backstab and bad-mouth someone ; to tattle on someone ; literally: poke one's back

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 背地裏向上司透露其他人嘅過失,藉以損人利己。打小報告。

Examples

  • 背地裏講人壞話

    to talk behind someone's back

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

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