粵

殃joeng1及kap6

joeng1 kap6yāng jí

English

  1. to bring disaster to
  2. to be involved into something bad as an innocent, to cause collateral damage to someone

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 好無辜咁俾人捲入一啲壞事、為無關嘅某人或物帶嚟負面影響

Examples

  • 殃及池魚

    to involve / to cause collateral damage to the innocent (lit.: to involve the fish in the pond)

  • 隔籬枱嗌緊交,無端端一杯水撥落我塊面度,殃及無辜。

    Our neighbouring table was having quite a fight, and out of the blue my face was splashed with a cup of water. I guess I am a collateral here.

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

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