粵

瘦sau3身san1

sau3 san1shou4shen1shòu shēn

English

  1. to lose weight (intentionally); to slim down
  2. (verb) Slim down (a body)
  3. to slim down; to lose weight
  4. (fig.) to downsize (a business, project etc)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 減肥;消除身上多餘嘅脂肪或贅肉,降低體重

Examples

  • 引申指公司裁員、縮減規模

    to lay off staff; to stream-line operations; to down-size

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

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