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櫳lung2底dai2

lung2 dai2lóng dǐinferred

English

  1. the bottom of large wooden chest; means to hide an old or valuable thing for a long time while keeping it secret and safe; sometimes means to shelve, to put something aside

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 櫳係大型木箱,將物件收響大箱底部,指收藏得好密實;有時會指收埋啲嘢好耐,或指將事情擱置、束之高閣

Examples

  • 呢啲秘密我收埋響櫳底架,見係你我至講咋。

    I've kept this secret to myself for a long, long time, and I'm only telling you because there's just us here.

  • 近來經濟唔好,呢類開發計劃你預咗收返入櫳底都得嘞。

    The economy has been in a downturn recently. You should be prepared to shelve those kinds of development plans.

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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