劈炮
pek3 paau3pī pào
English
- quit (slang)
- to resign; to give up doing something; to quit the job; literally: to throw in one's gun
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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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Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk