粵

險him2過gwo3剃tai3頭tau4

simp險过剃头
him2 gwo3 tai3 tau4jiǎn guò tì tóu

English

  1. describes a situation which is very dangerous; a close shave; a narrow escape
  2. very dangerous; a narrow escape ; a close call ; a close shave ; literally: more dangerous that shaving the head

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 非常危險嘅情況;通常都係成功過渡到之後先至會噉形容

Examples

  • 今次真係險過剃頭!再嚟多次嘅我應該死咗!

    This is such a narrow escape! I will probably die if it happens once more.

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

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