甩拖
lat1 to1shuǎi tuō
English
- to break off a romantic relationship
- to break the promise, to let someone down; originally means the cable of tug boat breaks off
- to break up (in a relationship)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 指失約,就如拖船拉纜鬆開唔牢固。
- 比喻同拍拖嘅另一半分手。
Examples
你都甩咗拖成年,仲未有拖拍嘅?
Yo had already broken up with your ex for a whole year, why you still not dating another one ?
佢份人好穩陣架,托佢做嘢永無甩拖。
He is a very careful person, once you assign a job to him, he will never break the promise. ----
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk