煲bou1水seoi2

English

1. to boil water; fabricated (false)
2. to boil water ----unreviewed?
3. (of news) to be untrue or to exaggerate in order to attract attentionunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 將啲水加熱令到佢水滾unreviewed?
2. 指一啲報導或者故事太誇張失實；見煲水新聞unreviewed?

Examples

• 佢地煲水想沖茶。

  They boil water for tea.

  Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

• 但係我會再講多次：啲肉係炸過嘅。你一定唔可以新鮮食或者煲水食。而頭同腳同中間件應該係一齊嘅。

  Tatoeba CC BY

• unreviewed?

  呢啲新聞全部都係煲水㗎咋，唔使太介意喇。

  The news is completely exaggerated and therefore is nonsense, you don't need to care too much. !!!informal