劈pek3炮paau3

English

1. quit (slang)
2. to resign; to give up doing something; to quit the job; literally: to throw in one's gun

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 辭職

Examples

• 好多工人劈炮，啲貨出唔到。

  The factory production has halted because many labourers have resigned.

• 今年再唔加人工，我就劈炮唔撈。

  If you still don't raise my pay this year, I'll quit.

• 我唔係俾人炒魷魚，係自己劈炮唔撈嘅。

  I wasn't fired. I quit.

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