粵

斬zaam2手sau2指zi2

simp斩手指
zaam2 sau2 zi2zhǎn shou3zhi3

English

  1. to give up gambling; literally: to chop off one's fingers [colloquial]
  2. to give up gambling

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 戒賭;承諾以後唔再賭錢

Examples

  • 佢輸咗一半身家之後斬手指戒賭。

    He quitted gambling after losing half of his possession.

  • 後來佢想娶老婆,但對方表示無法嫁俾一個山口組員,於是佢決定退出,並忍痛以斬手指作為代價。

    [ChatGPT]Later, he wanted to marry a wife, but the other party refused to marry a Yamaguchi-gumi member, so he decided to quit and painfully cut off his finger as a price.

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

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