粵

劏tong1豬zyu1凳dang3

simp劏猪凳
tong1 zyu1 dang3dāng zhū dèng

English

  1. an expression to describe a woman who is believed to bring bad luck and misfortune to her husband
  2. partner [colloquial]
  3. woman whose lovers or husbands are doomed to die; literally: butcher's chopping-board
  4. an executive that dooms his or her company repetitively

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 剋死老公或者情人嘅女人
  2. 整冧一間公司嘅高層

Examples

  • 佢號稱中環劏豬凳,入親邊間公司死邊間。

    He is called the Central doombringer, destroying whichever company he was in.

  • 佢正一劏豬櫈,結咗三次婚,次次個老公唔係病死就意外死。

    All of her three marriages ended in her husband's death, either due to illness or accidents. ----

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

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