粵

鋸goe3雞gai1

simp锯鸡
goe3 gai1jù jī

English

  1. to a string and bow instrument (such as a violin) badly, making really awful sounds [colloquial]
  2. to produce irritable sounds by poor playing of string instruments or singing; literally: to saw a chicken

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 比喻由於拉弦樂器或者唱歌嘅技巧差,發出嘅聲音難聽到好似雞隻被屠宰時發出嘅慘叫聲噉

Examples

  • 隔籬屋陳師奶想個女入名校,逼佢練小提琴。而家朝朝鋸雞咁聲,真係攞我哋嚟受罪。

    Mrs. Chan next door wants to get her daughter into good schools and forced her to practice the violin. Now our mornings are filled with screeches of that thing, and we are suffering with her daughter.

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

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