粵

造zou6馬maa5

simp造马
zou6 maa5zào mǎ

English

  1. rigged
  2. match-fixing; a situation where the result of something (normally sport events which are related to betting) has been fixed by someone else
  3. to rig a contest; to fix a race; originated from several cases of artificially control of horse racing result in Hong Kong 1980s ; literally: make house

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 暗盤操控、內定比賽結果。源自1980年代香港幾宗人為操控賽馬結果嘅「造馬案」。

Examples

  • 個女人咁醜都可以比佢贏到選美比賽,擺明係造馬㗎啦!

    The woman was so ugly, yet she won the beauty contest. It was obviously rigged!

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

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