笠水
lap1 seoi2lì shuǐ
English
- to be afraid of [colloquial]
- to be afraid of something; to cower; to retreat out of fear
粵語 — Cantonese
- 臨做某樣嘢嗰陣驚青,縮沙
Examples
四隻dee喺晒你度啦,你咁都笠水唔大佢?識唔識玩㗎你?
You have all four "two"s, how come you passed the round instead of playing them? Do you know how to play Big 2?
佢焫㷫咗隔籬枱個大隻佬,即刻笠晒水咁款,et都唔敢et。
Once he realized he had aggravated the muscular guy at the next table, he shrank back in terror, too scared to speak.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk