死水
sei2 seoi2sǐ shuǐ
English
- stagnant water
- backwater
- backwater, stagnant water
- situation where not much progress has been made for a long period of time
粵語 — Cantonese
- 靜止唔流動嘅水
- 比喻情況有一段長短期冇咩進展
Examples
死水滋生蚊蟲。
Stagnant water breeds mosquitoes. ----
呢個計劃搞咗咁耐，仲係一潭死水。
You've dealt with your project for so long, but it's still like a pool of stagnant water (little progress).
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk