攞命
lo2 meng6luō mìng
English
- (adj.) dreadful; awful; terrible; to describe something that is so bad to the extent that it is enough to cause one's death (a gross exaggeration); 'a real killer')(v.) to kill somebody; to take somebody's life; (adverb) extremely; terribly; awfully.
- to take sby's life; to drive sby to death
- used to express things or events that are harsh, severe or terrible. Literally, taking one's life
- to describe something that arouses an extreme emotion (harsh, impressive, frightening, funny, etc.)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 拎走一個人嘅生命;即係殺死一個人
- 形容事物好嚴重、惡劣
- 形容一件事物令人產生不安情緒、厭惡、突兀、驚嚇,類似「攞膽」
Examples
我開一槍就可以攞你命嘞!
I can take your life with one shot!
下星期要交成五份功課,攞命!
I need to hand in five assignments next week. How terrible! ----
頭先架小巴真係攞命,突然轉出嚟差啲撞死我。
That van has frightened me just now, it suddenly turned out from the corner and nearly knock me down.
佢今日件衫認真攞命,大紅大綠著到成個小丑咁。
His clothes today are so funny, that gaudy and showy colours make him look like a clown.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk