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到dou3嘔au2

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dou3 au2dào ǒu

English

  1. extremely [colloquial]
  2. to a very great degree; to a nauseating extent; literally 'so ... that one feels like vomiting'

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容程度好高,去到令人唔舒服、作嘔嘅地步

Examples

  • 樓下日日由朝到晚係噉喺到鑽鑽鑽,真係煩到嘔。

    They keep drilling and drilling and drilling downstairs all day -- it really drives me crazy.

  • 次次食放題都飽到嘔,好辛苦,但係唔食多啲又回唔到本。

    Every time I go to all-you-can-eat buffets, I get so stuffed that I feel like vomiting. It feels terrible, but you can't help eating more and more, 'cause you wanna get the most value out of it.

  • 我份寫字樓工真係悶到嘔,如果唔係為咗份糧,我一早就劈炮唔撈。

    My job at the office is boring as hell. If it weren't for the money, I'd be long gone by now.

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

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