粵

跑paau2山saan1

paau2 saan1pǎo shān

English

  1. to run on the hills; to raise money urgently, usually to pay off a debt [colloquial]
  2. to run on hills
  3. nickname for Marlboro (the cigarette brand)
  4. to raise money urgently, usually to pay a debt

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺山上跑步;越野跑
  2. 萬寶路牌香煙嘅別名
  3. 緊急籌錢,周圍問人借錢

Examples

  • 今日天氣咁好,一齊跑山囉!

    The weather's really good today; let's go run on the hills together! ----

  • 佢個網站一個月使成三百萬,唔怪得知佢今日係咁跑山撲水啦。

    His website costs 3 million dollars a month, no wonder he's raising funds urgently.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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