練仙
lin6 sin1liàn xiāninferred
English
- to practise celestial or to celestialize, often requiring fast for Taoist priests ----
- to fast; to stop eating
粵語 — Cantonese
- 道士修煉成仙
- 由於修煉過程往往需要禁食,所以引申為一個人唔食嘢
Examples
你做乜皮包骨咁款?練仙嚟呀?
Why do you look so thin? Have you been fasting a lot?
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk