粵

洗sai2地dei6

sai2 dei6xǐ dì

English

  1. to clean the floor
  2. clean the floor
  3. (Internet slang) (lit.) to wash (the blood) off the floor
  4. to clean up someone's sins committed (spoken)
  5. (fig.) to cover up evidence of sb's wrongdoing
  6. to defend (a wrongdoer)
  7. (coll.) to carpet-bomb
  8. to wash the floor ----
  9. figuratively, to help someone deal with a (typically illegal) matter that arises due to unforeseen circumstances

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 用水沖刷地下,令地下乾淨
  2. 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

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