粵

死sei2心sam1

sei2 sam1sǐ xīn

English

  1. to give up
  2. to give up something; to have no more illusions about a matter
  3. to admit failure
  4. to drop the matter
  5. to reconcile oneself to loss
  6. to have no more illusions about

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔再對一件事或者一個人抱有希望

Examples

  • 佢唔會鍾意你㗎喇,死心啦!

    He won't fall in love with you. Give up!

  • 你不要死心。

    Don't give up hope.

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

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