鹹haam4淡taam5水seoi2

English

1. brackish water
2. estuary; literally: salt and fresh water
3. to engage in a business which is marginally legal, half legal and half illegal; to run a dodgy business

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 河、海交界嘅水域；淡水同鹹水之間嘅水域
2. 具法律爭議嘅商業活動，即係半合法半非法嘅生意

Examples

• 鹹淡水交界嘅河岸十分適合紅樹林生長。

  Estuaries are suitable for the growth of mangroves. ----

• 佢咁多年都係做啲鹹淡水嘅生意，揾埋揾埋都唔少。

  He's done dodgy business for years and made a lot of money from it.