燉dan6冬dung1菰gu1

simp炖冬菰

dan6 dung1 gu1dùn dōng gū

English

demotion; to be demoted [colloquial]
to demote; literally: to boil mushroom

粵語 — Cantonese

俾人貶咗去相對差啲嘅職位

Examples

佢做錯嘢俾人燉冬菇。
She was demoted for making a mistake.
佢因為得罪處長，搞到俾人燉冬菇去沙頭角守水塘。
Since he offended the Commissioner of Police, he was demoted to Sha Tau Kok to "guard the reservoir".

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

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