粵

嘥saai1腳goek3力lik6

simp嘥脚力
saai1 goek3 lik6sāi jiao3li4

English

  1. to waste energy walking around [colloquial]
  2. to waste energy or time walking
  3. to fruitlessly walk to a place

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 嘥時間或者精力行路
  2. 形容人行到去一個地方都係徒勞無功

Examples

  • 要行成半個鐘盞嘥腳力,好心搭巴士啦。

    It is a waste of energy if it takes half an hour to walk there, we should just take a bus. ----

  • 條街咁大,你落去揾佢都係嘥腳力,打999算啦。

    The street is too vast and it is a waste of energy if you want to find him on foot, let's call 999 instead.

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

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