粵

賣maai6剩zing6蔗ze3

simp卖剩蔗
maai6 zing6 ze3mài shèng zhè

English

  1. (slang) literally 'the leftover sugar cane; the leftovers that no one wants after all the good ones has been picked, often used in a derogatory way to refer to refer to women who are 'the leftover women' that no man wants
  2. unwanted left over; left behind, something that no one wants; literally: sell leftover sugarcane

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 冇用或者冇人要嘅嘢,可以指冇用嘅工具或者嫁唔出嘅女人

Examples

  • 呢隻牌子自從俾人踢爆用假料之後,佢啲產品就變晒做賣剩蔗。

    After the scandal of using fake materials during manufacturing was exposed, no one wants the products of this brand anymore.

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

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