洗地
sai2 dei6xǐ dì
English
- to clean the floor
- clean the floor
- (Internet slang) (lit.) to wash (the blood) off the floor
- to clean up someone's sins committed (spoken)
- (fig.) to cover up evidence of sb's wrongdoing
- to defend (a wrongdoer)
- (coll.) to carpet-bomb
- to wash the floor ----
- figuratively, to help someone deal with a (typically illegal) matter that arises due to unforeseen circumstances
粵語 — Cantonese
- 用水沖刷地下,令地下乾淨
- 引申指幫人執手尾,通常係一啲犯法嘅嘢
Examples
我哋絕對唔可以俾班警察知道我哋喺呢度畫牆!老友,你嚟洗地!
We can’t let the police find out that we’ve been doing graffiti on the walls! Hey, you! Clean up this mess!
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk