粵

新san1鮮sin1蘿lo4蔔baak6皮pei4

simp新鲜萝卜皮
san1 sin1 lo4 baak6 pei4xin1xian1 luo2bo5 pí

English

  1. 'so special'
  2. 'so great'
  3. 'so marvallous' (in a sarcastic tone used in the expression “so (you
  4. he
  5. she) think (you
  6. he
  7. she are
  8. is) so special” [colloquial]
  9. used to put someone down for thinking too highly of themselves or do not know their place, i.e. "who does he think he is?".

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 不自量力、自視過高嘅人;亦用嚟批評人要反省自己嘅水平

Examples

  • 你當你乜嘢新絲蘿蔔皮?

    Who do you think you are?

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

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