楞角
ling4 gok3léng jiǎoinferred
English
- the edge or angle formed by two adjacent surfaces; the pointed end of a horn ----
- metonymy of one's character, who is unbending, have a clear-cut stand on love and hate and would express clearly the guts feeling; also means the square jaw or craggy outlook of someone
粵語 — Cantonese
- 由兩個平面交接形成嘅凸邊;椎體嘅尖端
- 借指人倔強、愛惡分明、喜怒形於色嘅性格;也指人粗獷嘅面形、外形
Examples
稜角分明
a unbending and clear-cut character ;a angular, craggy, bony face or outlook
佢響呢行做咗幾十年,咩稜角都一早磨平晒。
He has been in the industry for several decades, all his angles have long been rubbed off.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk